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Occupational Safety And Health (Building And Construction Industry)
GN. No. 273 (contd.)
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ISSN 0856 – 034X
Supplement No. 27 17
th
July, 2015
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
to the Gazette of the United Republic of Tanzania No. 29 Vol 96 dated 17th July, 2015
Printed by the Government Printer, Dar es Salaam by Order of Government
THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) RULES, 2015
ARRANGEMENT OF RULES
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Rule Title
1. Citation
2. Application
3. Interpretation
PART II
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
4. General duties of contractor
5. Appointment of safety and health supervisor
6. Notification concerning occupational injury and diseases
7. Plans for safety arrangements
8. Duties of Clients/Employer
9. Duties of main contractor
10. Structures
11. Formwork and support work
12. Duties of designer
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13. Responsibilities of workers
PART III
POST-TENDER QUALIFICATIONS
14. Post occupational safety and health qualification
PART IV
RISK ASSESSMENT
15. Risk assessment
PART V
SAFETY MEASURES
16. Fencing of machinery
17. Fencing of new machinery
18. Electricity
19. Lighting
20. Projecting nails and lose material
21. Construction of temporary measures
22. Avoidance of danger from collapse of structure
23. Hand tools portable power driven tools
24. Inhalation of dust and fumes
25. Ventilation of excavations
26. Internal combustion engines
27. Generation of steam, smoke and vapour
28. Noise
29. Strenuous works
30. Strenuous works in high temperatures
31. Personal protective equipment
32. Fire protection and prevention
33. Liquefied petroleum gases and highly flammable liquids
PART VI
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HEALTH AND WELFARE
34. Shelters and accommodation for clothing and meals
35. Washing facilities
36. Number of sanitary conveniences
37. Other requirements as to sanitary conveniences
38. Safe access to facilities
39. First aid equipment
40. First aid rooms
41. First aiders
PART VII
KEEPING OF RECORDS
42. Reports and certificates
PART VIII
SAFETY IN VEHICLES
43. Competent persons to drive vehicles
44. Mechanical propelled vehicles and trailers
45. Riding in insecure positions on vehicles
46. Remaining on vehicles during loading
47. Vehicles near edge of excavation
PART IX
WORKING PLATFORMS
48. General
49. Supervision of work and inspection of material
50. Construction and material
51. Defective material
52. Maintenance of scaffold
53. Partly erected or partly dismantled scaffold
54. Standards or uprights edgers and putlogs
55. Ladders used in scaffolds
56. Stability of scaffolds
57. Slung scaffolds
58. Cantilever jib, figure and bracket fold
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59. Support for scaffolds etc
60. Suspended scaffolds (not power operated)
61. Boatswains, chair, cages and skips (not power operated)
62. Trestle scaffolds
63. Inspection of scaffolds, boatswains’ chairs etc
64. Scaffold used by workmen of different employers
65. Construction of working platforms, gangways and runs
66. Boards and planks in working platform
67. Width of working platform
68. Width of gangways and runs
69. Guardrails and toe boards at working platforms and places
70. Guardrails etc, for gangways 60,runs and stairs
71. Platforms, gangways, runs and stairs, etc to afford safe foothold
72. Construction and maintenance of ladders and folding step ladders
73. Use of ladders and folding stepladders
74. Openings, corners, breaks, edges and open joists
75. Exceptions to rule 55
76. Work on roofs
77. Sloping roofs
78. Working on or near fragile roofs
79. Loads on scaffolds
80. Prevention on falls and provision of safety nets and belts
PART X
FALL PROTECTION
81. Fall protection
PART XI
LIFTING OPERATIONS
82. Lifting machinery in workplaces and in docks etc
83. Delivery of loads with lifting gears attached
84. Hoists forming part of permanent equipment
85. Hoists manufactured before the commencement of these rules
86. Construction, maintenance and inspections
87. Support, anchoring, fixing and erecting
88. Precaution where lifting has traveling or slewing motion
89. Platforms for crane drivers and signalers
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90. Cabin for drivers
91. Drums and pulleys
92. Brakes, controls, safety devices etc
93. Safe means of access
94. Poles or beams supporting pulley blocks or gin wheels
95. Stability of lifting appliances
96. Rail mounted cranes
97. Mounting of cranes
98. Cranes with derricking jibs
99. Restrictions on use of cranes
100. Use of cranes with timber structural member prohibited
101. Erection of cranes under supervision
102. Competent persons to operate lifting appliances and give signals
103. Signals
104. Testing and examination of cranes
105. Marking of safe load
106. Indication of safe working load
107. Load not to exceed safe working load
108. Precaution on raising or lowering loads
109. Scotch and guy derrick cranes
110. Construction, testing, examination and safe working loads
111. Testing of chins, rings etc, altered or repaired by welding
112. Hooks
113. Slings
114. Edges of load not to come into contact with sling etc
115. Knotted chains
116. Examination of chain ropes and lifting gear
117. Annealing of chain and lifting gear
118. Fety of hoist ways, platforms and cages
119. Operations of hoists
120. Winches
121. Safe working load and marking of hoists
122. Tests and examination of hoists
123. Carrying persons by means of lifting appliances
124. Hoists carrying persons
125. Secureness of load
PART XII
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EXCAVATIONS SHAFTS AND TUNNELS
126. Prevention of danger
127. Inspection and examination of excavations
128. Supervision and execution of timbering and other work
129. Means of egress in case of flooding
130. Prevention of collapse of structure
131. Fencing of excavation
132. Safeguarding edges of excavation
133. Construction and maintenance
134. Means of egress in case of flooding
135. Supervision of work and inspection of materials
136. Inspections and examinations
137. Transport by water
138. Prevention of drowning
139. Road works
140. Explosives
PART XIII
DEMOLITION
141. Application of Part
142. Joint operations
143. Fire and flooding
144. Precaution in connection with demolition
PART XIV
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
145. Offences and penalties
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SCHEDULES
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THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT,
(CAP.297)
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RULES
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(Made under section 109)
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THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (BUILDING AND
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) RULES, 2015
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Citation 1. These Rules may be cited as the
Occupational Health and Safety (Building and
Construction Industry) Rules, 2015.
Application 2.-(1) These Rules shall apply to building
operations and works of engineering construction
undertaken:-
(a) by way of trade or business or for the
purpose of any industrial or commercial
undertaking, and any other building or
work of construction which last for more
than thirty days;
(b) by or on behalf of the Government, local
authority or a public body.
(2) A reference to building operations and
works of engineering construction in these Rules shall
be a reference to those operations and works to which
these Rules applies.
Interpretation 3. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise
requires:-
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Cap.297 “the Act” means the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, 2003;
“building operations” means the construction,
structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a
building (including repainting, redecoration
and external cleaning of the structure), the
demolition of a building and the preparation
for and laying of the foundation of an intended
building, but does not include any operation
which is a work of engineering construction;
“bills of quantities” means a priced document prepared
by the Consultant (quantity surveyor engineer)
that itemizes list of materials, parts, and labor
(with their costs) required to construct,
maintain, or repair a specific structure to
provide sufficient information on the quantities
of Works to be performed to enable bids to be
prepared efficiently and accurately; and when a
contract has been entered into, to provide a
priced bill of quantities for use in the periodic
valuation of works executed;
“chief inspector” means the chief inspector appointed
under section 4 of the Act;
“competent person” includes the safety and health
supervisor and any other person qualified by
experience or otherwise accredited by OSHA
for the purpose for which he is required under
these Rules;
“construction work” means any work in connection
with:-
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(a) the erection, maintenance, alteration,
renovation, repair demolition or
dismantling of or addition to a building or
any similar structure;
(b) the installation, erection, dismantling or
maintenance of a fixed plant;
(c) the construction, maintenance, demolition
or dismantling of any bridge, dam canal,
road, railway, runaway, sewer or water
reticulation system or any similar civil
engineering structure; or
(d) the moving of earth, clearing of land, the
making of an excavation, piling, or any
similar type of work;
“contractor” means a person or a firm who is
undertaking a building operation or works of
engineering construction and includes a sub-
contractor;
“design” in relation to any structure includes drawings
,calculations, design details, and specifications;
“designer” means any person who is registered by
relevant a authority to-
(a) incept, plan, prepare and undertake a
design;
(b) check and approve a design and
specifications;
(c) arranges for any person at work under his
control to prepare a design;
(d) an architect or engineer contributing to, or
having overall responsibility for the design;
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(e) engineer designing details for fixed plants;
(f) contractor carrying out design work as part
of a design and build project;
(g) temporary work engineer designing
formwork and false work;
(h) interior designer, shop-fitter and landscape
architect; or
“excavation work” means the making of any man-
made cavity, trench, pit, or depression formed
by cutting, digging or scooping;
“fall arrest equipment” means equipment used to arrest
a person in a fall from an elevated position,
including personal equipment body harness
lanyards, deceleration devices lifelines or
similar equipment, but excludes body belts;
“fall prevention equipment” means equipment used to
prevent persons from falling from an elevated
position, including personal equipment, body
harness lanyards lifelines or physical
equipment, guardrails, screens barricades,
anchorages or similar equipment;
“fall protection plan’’ means a documented plan, of all
risks relating to working from an elevated
position, considering the nature of work
undertaken, and setting out the procedures and
methods to be applied in order to eliminate
risks;
“health and safety file” means a file, or other record in
permanent form containing information
required as contemplated in these Rules;
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“health and safety plan” means a documented plan
prepared according guidelines issued by
OSHA, which addresses hazards identified and
includes safe work procedures to mitigate,
reduce or control the hazards identified;
“hoist” means a lifting machine, whether worked by
mechanical power or not, with a carriage,
platform or cage the movement of which is
restricted by a guide;
“ladder” does not include a folding step-ladder;
“ladder-scaffold” means a scaffold with a working
platform which is supported directly on a
ladder or by means of a crutch or bracket on a
rung of a ladder;
“lifting appliance” means a crab, winch, pulley block
or gin wheel used for raising or lowering and
includes a hoist, crane, sheer legs, excavator,
dragline, piling frame, aerial cableway, aerial
ropeway and overhead runway;
“lifting gear” means a chain, sling, rope sling or similar
gear and includes a link, plate clamp, shackle,
swivel or eye-bolt;
“main contractor” means a person or a firm who
performs construction work who is appointed
by the client to be in overall control and
management of a part or the whole of a
construction site;
“material hoist” means a hoist used to lower or raise
material and equipment, and includes
cantilevered platform hoists, mobile hoists,
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friction drive hoists, scaffold hoists, rack and
pinion hoists and combination hoists;
“mobile crane” means a crane capable of traveling
under its own power but does not include a
crane which travels on a line or rails;
“plant or equipment” includes any plant, equipment,
gear, machinery, apparatus or appliance or any
part thereof;
“raising or lowering as a means of suspension” where
this expression occurs in rules 110, 111, 112,
117 means raising or lowering or as a means of
suspension either of a load on a lifting
appliance or lifting gear or of a scaffold but
does not include the use of a rope or chain
solely as a means of lashing or securing
together two or more rigid members of scaffold
to form a frame or as a means of making a
lapped joint or the use of a rope or chain solely
for the movement of a load in a horizontal
direction;
“risk assessment” means a programme to determine
any risk associated with any hazard at a
construction site, and identify steps to be taken
to remove, reduce or control such hazard;
“safe forking load” means-
(a) the relevant safe working load required to
be specified in the latest certificate of test
obtained; or
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“scaffold” means any temporary elevated platform and
supporting structure used for providing access
to and supporting workmen or materials or
both but does not include, a lifting appliance or
a structure used merely to support such an
appliance or to support other plant or
equipment;
“site” means any place where building operations or
works of engineering construction or both
operations and works are carried on;
“slung scaffold” means a scaffold suspended by means
of lifting gear, ropes, chains or rigid members
which cannot be raised or lowered by a lifting
appliance;
“sub-contractor” means person or firm that has a
contract to do part of a job which another firm
is responsible for;
“suspended scaffold” means a scaffold (not being a
slung scaffold) suspended by means of ropes or
chains and capable of being raised or lowered,
but does not include a boatswain’s chair or
similar appliance;
“trestle scaffold” includes any scaffold in which the
supports for the platform is done through spilt
heads, folding step-ladders, tripods or movable
contrivances similar to any of the foregoing;
“tunneling” means the construction of any tunnel
beneath the natural surface of the earth for a
purpose other than the searching for or winning
of a mineral
“work of engineering construction” means-
(a) the construction of any railway line or
siding otherwise than upon an existing
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railway;
(b) the construction, structural alteration or
repair including repainting;
(c) the construction or demolition of any dock,
harbor, inland navigation, tunnel, bridge,
viaduct, waterworks, reservoir, pipeline,
aqueduct, sewer, sewage works or
gasholder, except where carried on upon a
railway or tramway; or
any other work as may be specified by the Act;
“working platform” includes a working stage.
PART II
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
General duties of
contractor 4.-(l) A contractor shall comply with the
requirements of these Rules that provide the assurance
of health, safety and welfare of all persons engaged in-
(a) building operations or works of engineering
construction undertaken by him; or
(b) in any activity incidental to and at the site
of the building operations or works of
engineering construction or construction
work.
(2) Wherever two or more contractors occupy a
site at the same time, shall co-operate to ensure safe
working conditions.
(3) Except in such cases as may be prescribed,
it shall be the duty of every contractor to -
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(a) prepare as often as may be appropriate a
revised written statement of his general
policy with respect to the health, safety, and
welfare of his employees, at building
operations or works of engineering
construction;
(b) prepare the organization and arrangements
for carrying out the policy; and
(c) bring the statement and any revision of the
policy to the notice of all of his employees.
(4) Every contractor has a duty to carry out his
work in such a way that persons not in his employment
who may be affected by it are not exposed to risk.
provided that protection to any one including
members of the general public who might be affected
by work activities as well as to the employees of other
employers concerned with the work.
Appointment of
safety and health
officer
5.-(l) A contractor who employs more than ten
persons shall, for every site on which he is the
contractor, appoint one or more persons experienced in
the operations or works carried on at the site and
suitably qualified for that purpose, to-
(a) advise the contractor as to the observance
of the safety, health and welfare
requirements under the Act and under these
Rules; and
(b) supervise and ensure the observance of the
requirements and promote the safe conduct
of work generally at the sites.
(2) A contractor who employs twenty or fewer
persons may appoint either himself or another person
to be a safety supervisor in accordance with paragraph
(1)
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(3) The person appointed as a safety officer
may be a site engineer, site agent, foreman or charge
hand having qualifications, training and the
competency and necessary resources to assist the
contractor and shall be accredited by the Authority.
(4) The name of every person appointed under
this rule shall be notified to the Chief Inspector within
14 days from date of appointment and shall also be
entered in a copy of the abstract of these Rules
maintained by the contractor.
(5) Nothing in these Rules shall be construed as
preventing the same person or persons being appointed
for a group of sites or as preventing two or more
contractors from jointly appointing the same person or
persons.
(6) A person appointed under this rule may be
assigned duties additional to the duties mentioned in
paragraph (1), provided that he is not prevented by
the additional duties from efficiently discharging his
duties as a safety officer.
(7) It shall be the duty of every contractor to
consult any such safety supervisor with a view to the
making and maintenance of arrangements which will
enable him and his employees to co-operate effectively
in promoting and developing measures to ensure the
health, safety and welfare at work of the employees,
and in checking the effectiveness of such measures.
Notification of
accidents and
diseases
6. A contractor shall notify the chief inspector
in case of accidents and occupational diseases
according to the Act.
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Plans for safety
arrangements 7.-(1) A contractor shall ensure that a site
where these Rules applies has a site layout plan for the
safety arrangements showing the construction to be
erected, site boundaries, provisions for transport,
lifting, storage, electrical supply and other information
relevant for the safety and health conditions.
(2) The site lay-out plan shall be part of the
Health and safety plan for the site and shall display at
the entrance to the site.
(3) The site lay-out plan shall include contact
details of contractors or persons responsible for the
establishment, maintenance and removal of the
installations mentioned under these Rules.
(4) In case there are more than one main
contractor on site the contractors shall arrange for one
site lay out plan.
Duties of client 8.-(1) A client before commencing or undertaking
building operations or works of engineering construction,
shall notify the chief inspector in writing of the-
(a) contractors name and postal address;
(b) address or location of the site of the
operations or works;
(c) date of commencement of the operations or
works;
(d) expected date of completion;
(e) fact that mechanical power is used or not;
(f) use of hazardous materials;
(g) number of persons expected to be employed;
and
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(h) other design and supervision team such as
surveyor.
(2) The chief inspector may, upon receipt of the
notice under paragraph (1) require more information to
be supplied as he may think fit, and cause to be entered
in a register of contractors maintained by him the
information notified to him and shall issue a certificate of
registration in a such a form prescribed in the Fourth
Schedule.
(3) A client shall -
(a) prepare health and safety specifications for
the operations or works and provide such
specifications to any main contractor who is
making a bid or appointed to perform any
operations or works;
(b) prepare the health and safety specification
referred in subsection 9 (4) (a) shall be
itemized in the Bill of Quantities.
(c) provide the main contractor and his agent
with any information which might affect the
health and safety of any person at work
carrying out any operations or works;
(d) appoint each main contractor in writing for
the project or part of it on a site;
(e) take reasonable steps to ensure that each main
contractor’s health and safety plan is
implemented and maintained on the site,
except that the steps taken shall include
periodic audits in intervals mutually agreed
upon between the client and the main
contractor, at least once every month;
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(f) stop any contractor from executing any
operations or works which is not in
accordance with health and safety plan or
which poses a threat to the health and safety
of persons; and
(g) ensure that where changes are brought about
to the design or construction, sufficient health
and safety information and appropriate
resources are made available to the main
contractor to execute the operations or works
safely;
(h) ensure that a main contractor in any operation
or work has applied for a post-tender
occupation safety and health qualification
before tender documents can be accepted for
evaluation; and
(i) ensure that all workers who work at height are
medically examined and are fit to work at
height.
(4) A client -
(a) shall discuss and negotiate with the main
contractor on the contents of the health and
safety plan for the site and approve it for
implementation;
(b) shall ensure that a copy of the health and
safety plan is available on request to an
employee, inspector or contractor;
(c) may appoint an agent in writing to act as his
representative and the responsibilities as are
imposed by these Rules upon a client, shall as
far as reasonably practicable apply to the
agent so appointed.
(5) A client shall not appoint-
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(a) any contractor unless the contractor has
applied for post-tender occupational safety
and health qualification;
(b) a main contractor to perform any operations
or works unless the client is reasonably
satisfied that the main contractor he intends to
appoint has the necessary qualifications and
resources to carry out the operations or works
safely; and
(c) any person as an agent unless the client is
reasonably satisfied that the person he intends
to appoint has the necessary qualifications and
resources to perform the duties imposed on a
client by these Rules.
(6) a client shall make sure that a contractor
conduct his operation in such a manner as to ensure,
as far as is reasonably practicable, that persons other than
those in contractor’s employment who may be directly
affected by his activities are not exposed to hazards that
affects their health and safety.
Duties of main
contractor and
sub-contractor
9.-(1) A main contractor shall provide and
demonstrate to the client a suitable and sufficiently
documented health and safety plan which shall be used
during the duration of the operations or works.
(2) A main contractor shall take reasonable steps
as are necessary to ensure cooperation between all
contractors to enable each of the contractors to comply
with these Rules.
(3) A main contractor shall be responsible for the
following-
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(a) to provide any contractor making a bid or
appointed to perform any operations or works
with the relevant sections of the health and
safety specifications pertaining to the
operations or works which has to be
performed;
(b) to appoint each contractor contemplated in
subparagraph (a) in writing for the part of the
project on a site;
(c) to take reasonable steps to ensure that each
contractors’ health and safety plan is
implemented and maintained on site, except
that the steps taken shall include periodic
audits at intervals mutually agreed upon
between the main contractor and the
contractor, at least once a month;
(d) to stop any contractor from executing any
operations or works, which is not in
accordance with the main contractors or
contractor’s health and safety plan for the site
or poses a threat to the health and safety of
persons;
(e) to ensure that where changes are brought to
the design and construction, sufficient health
and safety information and appropriate
resources are made available to the contractor
to execute the work or operations safely.
(4) A sub-contractor shall-
(a) provide and demonstrate to the main
contractor a suitable and sufficiently
documented health and safety plan based on
the relevant sections of the main contractors’
health and safety specification which shall be
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used for the duration of the operations or
works;
(b) ensure that all health and safety documents
required under these Rules are opened and
kept on site and made available to an
inspector, client, clients’ agent or main
contractor upon request.
(5) A main contractor shall-
(a) discuss and negotiate with the contractor the
contents of the health and safety plan and
approve it for implementation;
(b) ensure that a copy of his health and safety
plan and the contractors’ health and safety
plan specified in paragraph (4)(a) of this rule
is available on request to an employee,
inspector, contractor, client or clients’ agent;
(c) ensure that a health and safety file and other
documents required under the Act and these
Rules, is opened and kept on site and made
available to an inspector, client, clients’ agent
or other relevant statutory authority;
(d) hand over consolidated health and safety file
to the client upon completion of the
construction work and shall include a record
of all drawings, designs, materials used and
other similar information concerning the
completed structure upon request;
(6) Where a main contractor appoints a sub-
contractor to perform construction work, the
responsibilities imposed under paragraphs (2) to (5) that
applies to the main contractor shall apply to the sub-
contractor.
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(7) Main contractor shall not appoint sub-
contractor to perform construction work under
contractual arrangement unless the sub-contractor
intended to be appointed has the necessary competencies
and resources to perform the construction work safely.
(8) A sub-contractor shall as far as is reasonably
practicable, provide the main contractor with any
information which might justify a review of the health
and safety plan or which might affect the health and
safety of any person-
(a) at work carrying out construction work;or
(b) who might be affected by the construction
work.
(9) Contractors shall cooperate with main
contractors as far as is necessary to enable each of them
to comply with the provisions of the Act and these Rules.
(10) A contractor shall provide medical
examination for workers under facilitation of the client.
(11) The contractor shall provide Occupational
Health and Safely training for workers before
commencement of the project under facilitation of the
client.
(12) A contractor shall conduct his operation in
such a manner as to ensure, as far as is reasonably
practicable, that persons other than those in his
employment who may be directly affected by his
activities are not exposed to hazards that affects their
health and safety.
(13) a contractor shall make sure that no
employee smokes or use any kind of tobacco at site.
Structures 10.-(1) A contractor shall ensure that-
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(a) all reasonably practicable steps are taken to
prevent the uncontrolled collapse of any new
or existing structure or any part thereof, which
may become unstable or is in a temporary
state of weakness or instability due to the
carrying out of construction work ; and
(b) no structure or part of a structure is loaded in
a manner which would render it unsafe.
(2) The designer of a structure shall-
(a) before the contract is put out to tender, make
available to the client all relevant information
about the design of the relevant structure that
may affect the pricing of the construction
work;
(b) inform the contractor in writing of any known
or anticipated dangers or hazards relating to
the construction work, and make available all
relevant information required for the safe
execution of the work upon being designed or
when the design is subsequently altered;
(c) subject to subparagraphs (a) and (b), ensure
that the following is included in the report and
made available to the contractor-
(i) the loading the structure is designed to
withstand; and
(ii) the methods and sequence of
construction process;
(d) not include anything in the design of the
structure necessitating the use of dangerous
procedures or materials hazardous to the
health and safety of persons;
(e) take into account the hazards relating to any
subsequent maintenance of the relevant
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structure and design that work to be
performed to minimize the risks;
(f) carry out inspections at appropriate times of
the construction work involving the design of
the relevant structure to ensure compliance
with the design; and
(g) stop any contractor from executing any
construction work which is not in accordance
with the relevant design.
(3) A contractor shall ensure that all drawings
pertaining to the design of the relevant structure are kept
on site and are available on request by an inspector,
contractors, client, client’s agent or employee.
Formwork and
support work 11.-(1) A contractor shall ensure that-
(a) all formwork and support work structures are
adequately designed, erected, supported,
braced and maintained to support all vertical
and lateral loads and that no loads are
imposed onto the structure that the structure is
not designed to withstand;
(b) all formwork and support work operations are
carried out under the supervision of a
competent person who has been appointed in
writing for that purpose;
(c) the designs of formwork and support work or
support work structure are done with close
reference to the structural design drawings
and where any uncertainty exists, the
structural designer shall be consulted;
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(d) all drawings pertaining to the design of
formwork or support work or support work
structures are kept on the site and are
available on request by an inspector,
contractor, client, client’s agent or employees;
(e) all equipments used in the formwork or
support work structure are carefully examined
and checked for suitability by a competent
person before being used;
(f) all formwork and support work structures are
inspected by a competent person immediately
before, during and after the placement of
concrete or any other imposed load, and
thereafter on a daily basis until the formwork
and support work structure has been removed
and the results have been recorded in a
register and made available on site;
(g) if, after erection, any formwork and support
work structure is found to be damaged or
weakened to such a degree that its integrity is
affected, it shall be safely removed or
reinforced immediately;
(h) as far as is reasonably practicable, the health
of any person is not affected through the use
of solvents or oils or any other similar
substances;
(i) provision is made for safe access by means of
secured ladders or staircases for all work to be
carried out on the foundation bearing level;
(j) the foundation condition is suitable to
withstand the weight caused by the formwork
and support work structure and any imposed
load such that the formwork and support work
structure is stable; and
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(k) adequate precautionary measure is taken in
order to secure any deck panels against
displacement and to prevent any person from
slipping on support work or formwork.
Duties of
designers 12. A designer for purposes of construction work
shall have the following responsibilities-
(a) to assist the client to prepare safety and health
plan;
(b) to supervise the contractor to ensure
compliance to occupational health and safety
measures in accordance to the safety and
health plan;
(c) to avoid foreseeable risks or to combat at
source risks to the health and safety of-
(i) any person carrying out construction
work in or on the structure at any time;
or
(ii) any other person affected by the
construction work;
(d) to ensure the provision of effective emergency
evacuation, necessary safety and health
measures, and sufficient firefighting
equipment for purposes of a public building
or commercial building;
(e) to ensure that the design includes adequate
information provided in the relevant
regulations on the project, structure or
materials which may affect the health or
safety of any person carrying out construction
work or on the structure, or any other person
who may be affected by the work of such a
person.
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Responsibilitie
s of workers 13. A worker in any building operations and
works of engineering construction shall have the
following responsibilities-
(a) to take reasonable care for his own safety,
health and that of other persons who may be
affected by his actions or omission;
(b) to comply with the safety and health law,
instructions and procedures in the health and
safety policy;
(c) to use safety devices and protective
equipment as is required and provided by the
employer;
(d) to report to his immediate supervisor any
situation which the workers believe may
likely cause a hazard to which on their own
they cannot rectify;
(e) to report any accident or injury that may arise
in the course of, or in connection with the
operation or works.
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PART III
POST-TENDER QUALIFICATIONS
Post
occupational
safety and
health
qualifications
14.-(1) Before a client or a consultant awards the tender
to the lowest evaluated bidder, the client or consultant shall
ensure that a contractor apples for a post-tender occupational
safety and health qualification to the chief inspector.
(2) Contractor shall not execute any project without
post-tender occupational safety and health qualification.
(3) The costs associated with the application for post-
tender occupational safety and health qualification referred to in
paragraph (1) shall be borne by the applicant.
(4) A post-tender occupational safety and health
qualification shall apply to-
(a) all projects exceeding a contract sum of one hundred
million shillings;
(b) a main contractor and any subcontractor who runs
projects that does not exceed a contract sum of one
hundred million shillings but in the opinion of the
chief inspector performs work that may involve a
particular risk to health and safety of persons.
(5) An applicant for post-tender occupational safety and
health qualification shall be audited by or on behalf of the chief
inspector against identified criteria specified under paragraph
(7) and determined from time to time by the chief inspector.
(6) The criteria used for occupational safety and health
post-tender qualification shall include at least the following -
(a) the applicant has adopted at the highest level of
direction and management, a safety and health
policy which complies with such principles or
standards as the chief inspector may determine from
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time to time;
(b) the chief executive officer of the workplace where
the applicant is employed, shall ensure that its
board of directors comply with the safety and health
policy in its operations;
(c) the applicant has employed accredited person or
persons with express responsibility for the
applicants compliance with its safety and health
policy in such intermediate positions or
responsibility and authority as the chief inspector
considers appropriate having regard to the size,
standing and the organization itself;
(d) the applicant has taken such steps as the chief
inspector considers appropriate-
(i) to communicate its safety and health policy
to all the employees in the building and
construction work engaged therein;
(ii) to ensure that the employees comply with the
policy;
(e) the applicant satisfies the chief inspector that
projects that are the subject of an audit has in place
effective control against identified hazards.
(7) The chief inspector shall -
(a) after consultations with the council, regulatory
authorities, workers compensation board, employer
and employees representatives, determine a list of
hazards and controls against which every applicant
shall be audited;
(b) determine the standard required at audit in order to
attain a post-tender occupational health and safety
qualification.
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(8) The audit process shall not cease when a contractor
attains post-tender occupational safety and health qualifications.
(9) The audit process shall be carried out in three
stages, namely-
(a) at the post-tender qualification;
(b) after tender award of a project safety management
system for the project at hand;
(c) at intervals during the course of the project.
(10) The chief inspector shall accredit competent
auditors to conduct the post-tender occupational health and
safety qualifications audits, the after award of tender audits of
contractors’ project safety management system and the audits
during the currency of the project.
(11) The audit shall be of audit of paper systems, on site
random inspections of the existence, application and
effectiveness of controls in place to guard against the selected
range of identifiable risks.
(12) A contractor with, or applying for, post-tender
occupational health and safety qualification shall -
(a) make available for audit all of its sites; and
(b) cooperate in the conduct of the audit, including
making available to the chief inspector reasonable
opportunities and facilities to inspect sites, works,
plants, equipment and documents and to interview
any person therein.
(13) In cases where the review is not favorable, the chief
inspector shall-
(a) impose special conditions for future tender award;
(b) impose an improvement or probation notice to
enable the contractor to implement specific
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occupational health and safety measures identified
by the chief inspector;
(c) cancel the post-tender occupational health and safety
qualification.
PART IV
RISK ASSESSMENT
Risk
assessment 15.-(1) A contractor who performs construction work
shall, before the commencement of any construction work and
during construction work, cause a risk assessment work to be
performed by a competent person appointed in writing and the
risk assessment shall form part of the health and safety plan to
be applied on the site.
(2) The risk assessment performed under sub-rule (1),
shall include at least-
(a) the identification of the risks and hazards to which
persons may be exposed to;
(b) the analysis and evaluation of the risks and hazards
identified;
(c) a documented plan of safe work procedures to
mitigate, reduce or control the risks and hazards that
have been identified;
(d) a monitoring plan; and
(e) a review plan.
(3) A contractor shall ensure that-
(a) a copy of the risk assessment is available on site for
inspection by an inspector, client, clients agent,
contractor, employee, representative trade union,
health and safety representative or any member of
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the health and safety committee;
(b) all employees under his control are informed,
instructed and trained by a competent person
regarding any hazard and the related work
procedures before any work commences, and
thereafter at such times as may be determined in the
risk assessment; and
(c) all visitors to a construction site undergo health and
safety induction pertaining to the hazards prevalent
on the site, unless such employee or person has
undergone health and safety induction training
pertaining to the hazards prevalent on the site at the
time of entry.
(4) A contractor shall consult with the health and safety
committee or, if no health and safety committee exists, with a
representative group of employees on the development,
monitoring and review of the risk assessment.
(5) A contactor shall ensure that all contractors are
informed about any hazard as stipulated in the risk assessment
before any work commences, and at such times as may be
determined in the risk assessment.
(6) Notwithstanding the requirements under
subparagraph (3)(b), no contractor shall allow or permit any
employee or person to enter any site, unless such employee or
person has undergone health and safety induction training
pertaining to the hazards prevalent on the site at the time of
entry.
(7) An employee on site shall-
(a) be in possession of proof of health and safety
induction training issued by a competent person
prior to the commencement of construction work;
(b) carry the proof specified under subparagraph (a) for
the duration of the project or for the period that the
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employee will be on the construction site.
PART V
SAFETY MEASURES
Fencing of
machinery 16. A contractor shall ensure that-
(a) flywheel;
(b) moving part of any prime mover;
(c) part of transmission machinery; and
(d) part of other machinery, whether or not driven by
mechanical,
when on site and not under examination or repaid, is securely
fenced to obviate danger or injury to any person employed
unless it is in such a position or of such construction as to be as
safe as it would be it was so securely fenced.
Fencing of new
machinery 17.-(1) Without prejudice to rule 118, a contractor shall
ensure that a prime mover and other machine intended to be
driven by mechanical power, unless constructed before the date
of commencement of these Rules, are constructed in a manner
that any revolving shaft, flywheel, coupling, toothed gearing,
friction gearing, belt and pulley drive, chain and sprocket drive
and all projecting screws, bolts or keys on revolving shaft,
wheels or pinions on the prime mover or machines are securely
fenced or are in such position or of such construction as to be as
safe as they would be if they were securely fenced.
(2) This Rule shall not apply to those parts of an
energy-generating prime mover which transmits energy from
that prime mover to another machine unless the prime mover
and the machine are constructed as a unit.
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Electricity
G.N. 241 of
1955
18.-(l) The electrical installations and equipment at sites
of building operations and works of engineering construction
shall be in accordance with the applicable parts of the
Electricity (Factories Ordinance) (Amendment) Rules.
(2) Any live electric cable or apparatus at a site which is
likely to be a source of danger to persons employed shall, by all
practicable means, be rendered electrically dead or otherwise
made safe.
(3) All electrical conductors not specifically designed for the
purpose of being used in contact with water, shall be kept free
from water
lighting 19. Every working place and approach to the working
place and every place where raising or lowering operations with
the use of lifting appliances are in progress, and all openings
dangerous to persons employed, shall whether by natural or
artificial means, be adequately and suitably lighted.
Projecting nails
and lose
materials
20.-(l) Timber or material with projecting nails shall
not be placed or be allowed to remain in any place at a site
where they are a source of danger to persons employed.
(2) Loose materials not required for use shall be
removed and be securely stacked or stored in a place where
they are not a danger or obstruction to persons employed and
they do not render unsafe a floor, roof, or other part of a
building or structure.
Construction of
temporary
measures
21. A temporary structure erected for the purpose of
operations works to which these Rules applies, not being a
scaffold shall, having regard to the purpose for which it is used,
be of good construction, adequate strength and stability, sound
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material, free from patent defect and shall be properly
maintained.
Avoidance of
danger from
collapse of
structure
22.-(1) While a building or other structure is being
constructed, renovated or repainted, precautions shall be taken
by the use of temporary guys, stays, supports and fixings or
other safeguards, to prevent danger to any person employed
through the collapse of part of the building or structure during a
temporary state of weakness or instability of the building or
structure.
(2) Where work is carried on which could reduce the
security or stability of part of a building or structure that is
being constructed, all practicable steps shall be taken by
shoring or otherwise to prevent danger to any person employed
from collapse of the building or structure or the fall of any part
of it.
Hand tools
portable power
driven tools
23.-(1) All hand and power tools and similar equipment
shall be maintained in a safe condition by competent persons.
(2) Wooden handles of hand tools and implements shall
be of hard straight grained wood free from cracks and knots.
(3) Impact tools such as chisels shall be kept free from
mushroomed heads.
(4) Power driven tools where the moving parts are likely
to cause injury shall be guarded as far as is reasonably
practicable.
(5) Only employees who have been properly trained in
the operation of electric power operated tools, pneumatic tools,
fuel powered tools and powder actuated tools shall be allowed
to operate power driven tools.
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Inhalation of
dust and fumes
to be prevented
24.-(1) Production methods and material not emitting
dust or fumes likely to be injurious to the health of persons
employed shall be used wherever practicable.
(2) Subject to paragraph (1) wherever dust or fumes
likely to be injurious to the health of persons employed, are
given off, all sufficient measures shall be taken to prevent the
inhalation of the dust or fumes by the persons employed by
ensuring adequate ventilation or providing suitable respirators
at the place where the operation or work is carried on.
Ventilation of
excavations, 25.-(l) Effective steps shall be taken to ensure and
maintain adequate ventilation of every working place in any
excavation, pit, hole, ditch, tunnel, shaft or caisson and in any
other enclosed or confined space where building operations or
works of engineering construction are carried on and of every
approach to those working places and enclosed or confined
spaces so as-
(a) to maintain an atmosphere which is fit for
respiration; and
(b) to render harmless, so far as is reasonably
practicable, all fumes, dust or other impurities in the
atmosphere therein, which may be dangerous or
injurious to health and which are generated,
produced or released by explosives or by any other
means.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), where there is
reason to believe that the atmosphere in any of the working
place or approaches to the working place is poisonous or
asphyxiating, no person shall be employed in or allowed to
enter the working place or its approach until the atmosphere is
suitably tested by or under the immediate supervision of a
competent person, and he is satisfied that the working place or
approach is free from the danger being overcome by poisoning
or asphyxiation.
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(3) A person shall not be held not to have complied with
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this rule by reason of
any matter proved to have been due to physical conditions over
which he had no control and against which it was not
reasonably practicable for him to make provision.
Internal
combustion
engines
26. Stationary internal combustion engine shall not be
used unless provision is made for conducting the exhaust gases
from the engine into the open air.
Generation of
steam, smoke
and vapour
27. A contractor shall take measures to prevent, so far as
practicable, steam, smoke or other vapour generated at a site
where persons employed are present from obscuring any part of
the work or operation or any scaffolding, machinery or other
plant or equipment.
Noise 28.-(l) Where noise that is likely to be injurious to the
hearing of persons employed is emitted, all sufficient measures
shall be taken to reduce the noise to a level that will likely not
induce hearing loss.
(2) If is not reasonably practicable to reduce the noise
according to paragraph (1) the persons employed shall be
provided with suitable hearing protection equipment.
Strenuous
works 29.-(1) Work shall be arranged so that unnecessary
strenuous working positions and movements is avoided, and the
person employed shall be given possibilities to vary these
working conditions to the extent that is reasonably practicable.
(2) A person shall not be employed to lift, carry or move
a load so heavy as to be likely to cause injury to him.
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Strenuous
works in high
temperatures
30. At places where strenuous work in high
temperatures is carried out, arrangements to provide sufficient
wholesome drinking water shall be made.
Personal
protective
equipment
31.-(1) Personal protective equipment shall be sought to
eliminate those risks of accident or ill-health that may arise
after taking all other reasonably practicable precautionary
measures.
(2) For the purpose of this rule, “personal protective
equipment” includes, safety shoes or boots, safety helmets,
respirators, eye protectors, hearing protectors, safety gloves,
protective clothing, safety belts and safety harness.
(3) The contractor or employer, shall provide the
employee, with suitable and adequate personal protective
equipment.
(4) The employee shall give the employee adequate
instruction concerning proper use and safe keeping of the
protective equipment.
(5) The employee shall use the necessary personal
protective equipment provided
(6) Defective equipment shall not be used.
(7) No person shall be allowed to enter in a
construction site without a safety belt and a helmet
Fire protection
and prevention 32.-(1) Places where workers are employed shall, if
necessary to prevent danger, be provided with -
(a) suitable and sufficient fire extinguishing equipment
or materials; and
(b) an adequate water supply at ample pressure.
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(2) The employer shall be responsible for the
development and maintenance of effective fire protection and
precautions at the site throughout all phases of the construction,
repair, alteration, or demolition work.
Liquefied
petroleum
gases and
highly
flammable
liquids
33.-(1) All liquefied petroleum gases not in use shall be
stored-
(a) in a suitable underground reservoirs or suitable fixed
storage tanks in safe positions in the open air;
(b) in a suitable movable storage tanks in safe positions
in the open air; or
(c) in a suitable cylinders in safe positions in the open
air or in a storeroom which is adequately ventilated,
which is either in safe position or is a fire resisting
structure, and which is not used for any purpose
other than the storage of liquefied petroleum gases
or acetylene cylinders.
(2) Highly flammable liquids shall be stored in-
(a) suitable storage tanks in safe positions;
(b) suitable closed vessels in a safe position in the open
air protected against direct sunlight; or
(c) suitable closed vessels in a storeroom which is in a
safe position or is a fire resisting structure.
PART VI
HEALTH AND WELFARE
Shelters and
accommodation
for clothing and
meals
34.-(l) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) and
(3) there shall be provided at, or in the immediate vicinity of
every site for the use of the persons employed and conveniently
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accessible to them-
(a) adequate and suitable accommodation for taking
shelter during interruption of work owing to bad
weather and for keeping clothing not worn during
working hours, being accommodation containing
such arrangements as are reasonably practicable for
enabling persons to warm themselves and for drying
wet clothing;
(b) adequate and suitable accommodation for the
keeping of protective clothing used for work and
kept, when not in use, at or in the immediate vicinity
of the site, with arrangements for drying the clothing
if it becomes wet;
(c) adequate and suitable accommodation, affording
protection from the weather and including sufficient
tables and seats or benches for taking meals, with
facilities for boiling water and;
(d) adequate and suitable facilities for warming food,
where a contractor has more than 10 persons in his
employment on a site and heated food is not
otherwise available on the site; and
(e) adequate and clean supply of drinking water at a
convenient point or convenient points and clearly
marked “DRINKING WATER” or patently intended
to be used as such.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (c) of subrule (1), in
determining whether accommodation of any kind provided in
pursuance of that sub paragraph at any time and place is
adequate, regard shall be had to the number of persons who
appear to be likely to use such accommodation at that time and
place.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
subrule (1), in determining whether accommodation is
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conveniently accessible, account shall be taken on any transport
provided at appropriate times for the persons employed.
(4) All accommodations provided in pursuance of
paragraphs (a), and (c) of subrule (1), shall -
(a) be kept in a clean and orderly condition; and
(b) not be used for the deposit or storage of materials or
plant.
Washing
facilities 35.-(1) Every contractor who has in his employment on
a site one or more persons of whom at least one is present on
the site on any occasion for more than four consecutive hours,
shall provide adequate and suitable facilities for washing
including a sufficient supply of soap and water and adequate
troughs, basins or buckets.
(2) Washing facilities provided in pursuance of this rule
shall be conveniently accessible from the accommodation for
taking meals provided in pursuance of rule 34(1) and shall be
kept in a clean and orderly condition.
Number of
sanitary
conveniences
36.-(1) Subject to sub-rule (2) of this rule, a contractor
shall provide at least one suitable sanitary convenience, not
being a convenience suitable only as a urinal, for every twenty
five persons in his employment on a site.
(2) Where a contractor has more than one hundred
persons in his employment on a site, and sufficient urinal
accommodation is also provided, it shall be sufficient if there is
one urinal accommodation for every twenty five persons in his
employment on the site up to the first one hundred and one for
every thirty five persons thereafter.
(3) In calculating the number of conveniences required
by this rule any number of persons less than twenty five or five,
or in excess of a multiple of twenty five or thirty five, as the
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case may be, shall be reckoned as twenty five or thirty five.
Other
requirements as
to sanitary
conveniences
37.-(1) Every sanitary convenience shall be sufficiently
ventilated, and shall not communicate with any workroom or
mess room except through the open air or through an
intervening ventilated space.
(2) Every sanitary convenience, other than a
convenience suitable as a urinal shall-
(a) be under cover and so partitioned off as to secure
privacy; and
(b) have a proper door and fastening.
(3) Urinals shall be so placed or so screened as not to be
visible from other places, whether on or off the site.
(4) The sanitary conveniences shall be so arranged as to
be convenient accessible to the persons employed at all times
while they are at the site.
Safe access to
facilities 38.-(1) Employer shall provide and maintain safe means
of access and egress to and from any of the facilities provided
in pursuance of these Rules.
(2) Every place or facility provided under this rule,
shall be made and kept safe for persons using those facilities.
First aid
equipment 39.-(1) First aid services shall be made available by the
contractor for every employee in a work site.
(2) The contractor shall provide and keep clean and in
good repair a sufficient number of suitable first aid boxes, or
cases, which shall, while work is going on, be reasonably
accessible to all positions on the site where persons in his
employment are working.
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(3) A first-aid box or case provided in pursuance of this
rule shall be distinctively marked “FIRST AID” and placed
under the charge of a responsible person who shall be readily
available while persons are working on the site.
(4) Nothing except appliances or requisites for first aid
shall be kept in a first aid box or case.
(5) Each first-aid box or case provided under this Part
shall contain the equipment and materials specified in the First
Schedule of the Occupational safety and health (First aid and
Welfare facilities) Rules, 2013 for contents of first-aid boxes
and cases.
(6) In a site where means of telephonic or radio
communication with an ambulance station are not readily
accessible, the contractor shall provide at or in the immediate
vicinity of the site, so as to be readily available during working
hours, a motor vehicle constructed or adapted so as to be able to
carry a person on a stretcher.
First aid rooms 40. On a site where the number of persons employed
exceeds two hundred and fifty, a contractor shall provide and
maintain in a good order and in a clean condition at or near the
site of the operations or works and conveniently accessible, a
properly constructed and suitable first-aid room, which shall be-
(a) used only for purpose of treatment and rest; and
(b) in the charge of a person who shall always be
readily available during working hours.
First aiders 41.-(1) The contractor shall provide, or ensure that there
is provided, such number of suitable persons as is adequate and
appropriate in the circumstances for rendering first aid to his
employees if they are injured or become ill at work.
(2) For the purpose of sub-rule (1) a person shall not be
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suitable unless he has undergone-
(a) training and has such qualifications as the chief
inspector may approve in respect of that case or that
class of a case; and
(b) additional training, if any, as may be appropriate in
the circumstances of that case.
PART VII
KEEPING OF RECORDS
Reports and
certificates 42.-(1) The reports required by rules 86, 95, 104 and
106 shall be kept-
(a) on the site of the operation or works; and
(b) at the office of the contractor or employer for whom
the inspection, test or examination, as the case may
be, was carried out, when there are no relevant
operations at works.
(2) In case of a site where the contractor or employer
has reasonable grounds for believing that the operations or
works will be completed in a period of less than thirty days, the
contractor or employer may keep the reports required by rule 86
at the office.
(3) All other reports and every certificate or other
document required for the purpose of these Rules shall be kept-
(a) on the site of the relevant operations or works; or
(b) at an office of the contractor or employer for whom
the report was made or the certificate or document
was obtained or of the owner of the plant or
equipment to which the certificate relate.
(4) All reports, certificates and other documents
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required for the purposes of these Rules shall at all reasonable
times be open to inspection by any inspector.
(5) Any person keeping any report, certificate or other
document specified under rule (3) or extracts there from or
copies thereof shall send to any inspector as the inspector may
from time to time require for the purpose of execution of his
duties under the Act.
PART VIII
SAFETY IN VEHICLES
Competent
persons to drive
vehicles
43. A vehicle, power-driven capstan or haulage winch to
which rule 33 applies-
(a) shall be driven or operated by a trained and
competent person who has attained the age of
eighteen;
(b) for the purpose of training, it shall be permissible for
a such capstan or haulage winch or any such vehicle
to be driven or operated by a person under eighteen
years of age who is under the direct supervision of a
person qualified for that purpose
Mechanical
propelled
vehicles and
trailers
44.-(1) A mechanically propelled vehicle or
mechanically drawn trailer- vehicle if owned or used by, or
hired by and operated under the control of, a contractor or
employer undertaking operations or works to which these Rules
applies and used for conveying worker, goods or materials for
the purpose of such operations or works shall, when moved at a
site where such operations or works are carried on, whether or
not worker, goods or materials are actually being conveyed on
the vehicle at the time shall-
(a) be in an efficient state, efficient working order and
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in good repair;
(b) not to be used in an improper manner;
(c) not to be loaded in such a manner or to such extent
as to interfere with the safe driving or operation of
the vehicle.
(2) Where all practicable precautions are taken to avoid
danger to any person affected, the provision of paragraph (1)(a)
shall not apply to a vehicle which has broken down or been
damaged on the site-
(a) on which no worker, goods or materials are
conveyed and which is moved only for the purpose
of its repair or disposal or so as not to cause an
obstruction; or
(b) on which no worker is conveyed and which is being
moved only so far as is necessary to render
unloading of goods or materials practicable.
Riding in
insecure
positions on
vehicles
45. A person shall not ride on the buffer, running board
or other insecure positions-
(a) on any vehicle to which rule 33 applies; or
(b) on a truck or wagon other than at the place provided
for that purpose.
Remaining on
vehicles during
loading
46. A person shall remain on any vehicle to which rule
44 applies or on any truck or wagon during the loading of loose
material by means of a grab, excavator or ‘similar appliance, if
he risks danger or harm.
Vehicles near 47. Where any vehicle is used for tipping material into
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edge of
excavation any excavation or pit or over the edge of any embankment or
earthwork, adequate measures shall be taken where necessary
so as to prevent such vehicle from overrunning the edge of such
excavation, pit, embankment or earthwork.
PART IX
WORKING PLATFORMS
General
provision 48.-(1)Without prejudice to the rest of this Part-
(a) there shall be so far as is reasonably practicable,
suitable, and sufficient safe and properly maintained
access to and egress from every place at which a
person at any time works;
(b) every place at which a person at any time works
shall so far as is reasonably practicable, be made and
kept safe for a person working in that place; and
(c) shall be properly maintained scaffolds or, where
appropriate, ladders or other means of support which
shall be sufficient and suitable for the purpose and
shall be, placed and kept in position for use where
work cannot be safely done on or from the ground or
from part of a building or other permanent structure.
(2) A contractor shall ensure that all scaffold work
operations are carried out under the supervision of a competent
person who has been appointed in writing by him.
Supervision of
work and
inspection of
material
49.-(1) No scaffold shall be erected or be substantially
added to, or altered or be dismantled, except under the
immediate supervision of the safety supervisor appointed under
rule 5 and so far as possible by a competent workers possessing
adequate experience of that work.
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(2) All material for a scaffold shall be inspected by the
safety supervisor on each occasion before being taken into use.
Construction
and material 50.-(l) Every scaffold and every part thereof shall be of
good construction, of suitable and sound material, and of
adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used.
(2) Sufficient material shall be provided for and shall be
used in the construction of scaffolds.
(3) Timber used for scaffolds shall be of suitable
quality, be in good condition, and have the bark completely
stripped off.
(4) Timber used for scaffolds, trestles, ladders, and
scaffolding step ladders, shall not be painted or treated so that
defects cannot easily be seen.
(5) Metal parts used for scaffolds shall be of suitable
quality, be in good condition and free from corrosion or other
patent defect material likely to affect their strength.
Defective
material 51.-(l) A rope bond which is defective through contact
with acid other corrosive substances; or for any other reason,
shall not be used in a scaffold.
(2) All materials for, and parts of, a scaffold shall, when
not in use, be kept under good condition and apart from
materials or parts unsuitable for scaffolds.
Maintenance of
scaffold 52. Scaffold shall be properly maintained and every part
of a scaffold shall be kept so fixed, secured, or placed in
position so as to prevent, so far as is practicable, accidental
displacement.
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Partly erected
or partly
dismantled
scaffold
53. No partly erected or partly dismantled scaffold or
part of a scaffold shall be used unless it is so erected or
dismantled in compliance with these Rules as to safety, and a
prominent warning notice prohibiting use of and access to a
partly erected or partly dismantled scaffold, shall be fixed on or
at any point of access to the scaffold.
Standards or
uprights edgers
and putlogs
54.-(l) Standards or uprights of scaffold shall -
(a) where practicable be either vertical or slightly
inclined towards the building or other structure; and
(b) be fixed sufficiently close together to secure the
stability of the scaffold having regards to all the
circumstances.
(2) The foot or base of a standard or upright shall be
placed on an adequate base plate to prevent slipping or sinking,
or its displacement shall be prevented in some other sufficient
way.
(3) Ledgers shall be as nearly as possible horizontal and
shall be securely fastened to the standards or uprights by
efficient means.
(4) Putlogs or other supports on which a platform rests
shall be securely fastened to the standards or uprights, or other
movement shall be prevented by other efficient means, and
where one end of a putlog is supported by wall, that end shall
extend into or on to the wall sufficiently to provide a supporting
surface of sufficient area.
(5) The distance between two consecutive putlogs and
other supports on which a platform rests shall be fixed with due
regard to the anticipated load and the nature of the platform
flooring, and the distance with single planking shall not, in
general exceed 1.0 m with planks of 32mm, thickness l.5m with
planks of thickness or 2.6m with planks of 50mm thickness.
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Ladders used in
scaffolds 55.-(l) Ladders serving as upright or scaffolds shall-
(a) be of adequate strength;
(b) be placed so that the two stiles or sides of each
ladder are evenly supported or suspended; and
(c) be secured to prevent slipping.
(2) Ladder-scaffolds shall be used only if the work is of
such a light nature and the materials required for the work is of
a type that enables the use of scaffold safely.
Stability of
scaffolds 56.-(l) Every scaffold shall be-
(a) securely supported or suspended;
(b) where necessary, be sufficiently and properly
strutted or braced to prevent collapse; and
(c) rigidly connected with the building or other structure
unless the scaffold is so designed and constructed as
to ensure stability without the connection.
(2) Every structure and appliance used as a support for
scaffold shall be-
(a) of sound construction;
(b) have a firm footing or be firmly supported; and
(c) where necessary, be sufficiently and properly
strutted or braced so as to prevent collapse and to
ensure stability.
(3) A scaffold other than suspended scaffold which can
be moved on wheels or skids or slung scaffold shall-
(a) be constructed with due regard to stability and, if
necessary for stability, be adequately, weighted at
the base;
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(b) be used only on a firm and even surface not so
sloping as to involve risk of instability of the
scaffold or any load thereon;
(c) be adequately secured to prevent movement when
any person is working upon it or any ladder or other
plant or equipment, being a ladder; plant or
equipment which is supported by the scaffold; and
(d) be moved only by the application of force at or near
the base.
Slung scaffolds 57.-(l) Chain, wire rope lifting gear, metal tube, or
other means of suspension for slung scaffolds shall not be used
unless -
(a) it is suitable and of adequate strength for the purpose
for which it is used;
(b) it is properly and securely fastened to safe
anchorage points to the scaffold ledgers or other
main supporting members;
(c) it is so placed as to endure stability of the scaffolds;
(d) it is as nearly vertical as is reasonably practicable;
and
(e) it is kept taut.
(2) No rope other than a wire rope shall not be used for
the suspension of a slung scaffold.
(3) Where chain or wire rope is used for the suspension
of a slung scaffold, steps shall be taken to prevent the chains or
wire ropes coming into contact at points of suspension with
edges where this would cause danger.
(4) A slung scaffold shall be secured to prevent undue
horizontal movement while it is used as a working platform.
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Cantilever jib,
figure and
bracket fold
58.-(l) Cantilever scaffold or jib scaffold shall not be
used unless it is adequately supported, fixed and anchored, and
shall have out-riggers of adequate length and strength, and it is,
where necessary, sufficiently and properly strutted or braced to
ensure rigidity and stability.
(2) Figure scaffold or bracket scaffold supported or
held by dogs, spikes or similar fixings liable to pull out of the
stonework, brickwork or other surface in which they are
gripped or fixed shall not be used.
Support for
scaffolds etc 59.-(1) No part of a building or other structure shall be
used as support for a scaffold, ladder, folding stepladder or
crawling ladder, or for part thereof, unless the part of the
building or other structure is of sound material and sufficiently
stable and of sufficient strength to afford safe support.
(2) No gutters shall be used as supports unless they and
their fixings are suitable and are of adequate strength and, in the
case of overhanging eaves, gutters shall not be so used unless in
addition they have been specially designed as walkways.
Suspended
scaffolds (not
power
operated)
60.-(1) In addition to the , requirements under Part XI,
the following requirements shall be observed in respect of-
(a) every suspended scaffold; and
(b) plant or equipment which is permanent plant or
equipment of a building and which, but for the fact
that it is permanently provided, would be a
suspended scaffold,
(i) being in any case a suspended scaffold, plant
or equipment which is not raised or lowered;
(ii) by a power-driven lifting appliances; and no
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such suspended scaffold, plant or equipment
shall be used unless it complies with the
requirements of this rule.
(2) In the application of paragraph (3) of this rule
reference to suspended scaffolds shall be construed as reference
to suspended scaffolds to which this rule applies and shall
include references to plant or equipment of the kind referred to
in paragraph (1) (b).
(3) Every suspended scaffold shall be provided with
adequate and suitable chains or ropes and winches or other
lifting appliances or similar devices and shall be suspended
from suitable out-riggers, joists, runways, rail-tracks or other
equally safe anchorage.
(4) The winches or other lifting appliances or similar
devices of a suspended scaffold shall be-
(a) provided with a brake or similar device which
comes into operation when the operating handle or
lever is released; and
(b) adequately protected against the effects of weather,
dust or material likely to cause damage.
(5) The outriggers for a suspended scaffold shall be of
adequate length and strength and properly installed and
supported and, subject to paragraph (17) of this rule shall be-
(a) installed horizontally and provided with adequate
stops at their outer ends;
(b) properly spaced having regard to the construction of
the scaffold and of the runway, joist or rail track on
which the scaffold is carried.
(6) Where counterweights are used without riggers, the
counterweights shall be securely attached to the outriggers and
shall not be less in weight than three times the weight which
would counterbalance the weight suspended from the outrigger
including the weight of the runway, joist or rail-track, the
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suspended scaffold and persons and other load thereon.
(7) The points of suspension of every suspended
scaffold shall be an adequate horizontal distance from the face
of the building or other structure.
(8) Runway, joist and rail-track supporting a suspended
scaffold shall be-
(a) of suitable and sound material;
(b) of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is
used;
(c) free from patent defect;
(d) provided with adequate stops at each end; and
(e) properly secured to the building or other structure
or, where outriggers are used, to the outriggers.
(9) The suspension ropes or chains of a suspended
scaffold shall be securely attached to the outriggers or other
supports and to the platform framework or to any lifting
appliance or other device attached thereto, as the case may be,
and shall be kept in tension.
(10) Where winches are used with suspended scaffolds
the suspension ropes shall be such that at the lowest position at
which the scaffold is intended to be used there are not less than
two turns of rope remaining on each winch drum and the length
of each rope shall be clearly marked on its winch.
(11) Every part of a suspended scaffold and all plant and
equipment used for the purpose thereof shall-
(a) be of good construction, suitable and sound material,
of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is
used;
(b) be properly maintained; and
(c) where constructed of metal, be free from corrosion
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and other patent defects, being corrosion and defects
likely materially to affect its strength.
(12) Adequate arrangements shall be made to prevent
undue tipping, tilting or swinging of a suspended scaffold and
to secure it to prevent undue horizontal movement while it is
being used as a working platform
(13) No rope other than a wire rope shall be used for the
raising, lowering and suspension of a suspended scaffold,
except that the raising, lowering and suspension may be carried
out by means of fiber ropes and pulley blocks in the case of
works to which paragraph (17) applies.
(14) The platform of every suspended scaffold shall-
(a) except to the extent necessary for drainage, be
closely boarded, planked, or plated; and
(b) subject to paragraph (17), be of adequate width to
afford adequate working space at every working
point and shall, in any event-
(i) be at least 600mm wide if used as a footing
only and not for the deposit of material;
(ii) be at least 800mm wide if used for the
deposit of material; and
(iii) not be used for the support of any higher
scaffold.
(15) The platform of every suspended scaffold shall be
so arranged or secured that at each working position the space
between the face of the building or other structure and the
platform is as small as reasonably practicable, in a manner that
where workers sit at the edge of the platform to work there may
be-
(a) a space not exceeding 300mm; and,
(b) where necessary, a device shall be provided and
used to keep the platform at a sufficient distance
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from the wall when persons have to work in a sitting
position.
(16) If a suspended scaffold is carried on fibre ropes and
pulley blocks, the ropes shall be spaced not more than 3.2m
apart.
(17) Where the work to be carried out from a suspended
scaffold is of such a light nature and the material required for
the work is such that a cradle or similar lightweight suspended
scaffold is used, paragraph (5) and 14(b) shall not apply.
Boatswains
”chair, cages
and skips (not
power
operated)
61.-(l) No boatswain’s chair, cage, skip or similar plant
or equipment, which is not raised or lowered by a power-driven
lifting appliance, shall be used unless-
(a) it is of good construction, suitable and sound
material, adequate strength, free from patent defect,
and properly maintained;
(b) the outriggers or other supports are of adequate
strength and properly installed and supported;
(c) the chains, ropes, lifting gear or other means of
suspension used therewith, in addition to satisfying
the requirements of Part XI, are securely attached to
the outriggers or other supports and to the chair,
cage, skip or other similar plant or equipment or to
any lifting appliance or other device attached
thereto, as the case may be;
(d) suitable means are provided to prevent any occupant
from falling out;
(e) it is free of any material or article liable to interfere
with occupant’s handhold or foothold or otherwise
endanger him;
(f) suitable measures are taken to prevent spinning or
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tipping in a manner dangerous to any occupant;
(g) in the case of a skip or other receptacle it is at least
1.0, deep; and
(h) its installation has been, and its use is, supervised by
a competent person.
(2) No boatswain’s chair, cage, skip or similar plant or
equipment, not being a boatswain’s chair, cage, skip or similar
plant or equipment which is raised or lowered by a power-
driven lifting appliance, shall be used as a working place in
circumstances in which a suspended scaffold could be used
unless-
(a) the work is of such short duration that the use of a
suspended scaffold would be unreasonable; or
(b) the use of a suspended scaffold is not reasonably
practicable
Trestle scaffolds 62.-(l) All trestles and supports used for construction of
any trestle scaffold shall be of good construction, suitable and
sound material, adequate strength for the purposes for which
they are used and free from patent defect and shall be properly
maintained.
(2) A trestle scaffold shall not be used-
(a) if, the scaffold is so situated that a person may fall
from its working platform in a distance of more than
4.5m; or
(b) if constructed with more than one tier where folding
supports are used.
(3) No trestle scaffold shall be erected on a scaffold
platform unless-
(a) the width of the platform leaves sufficient, clear
space for the transport of materials along the
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platform;
(b) the trestle or supports are firmly attached to the
platform and adequately braced to prevent
displacement.
Inspection of
scaffolds,
boatswains’
chairs etc
63.-(l) Subject to the provisions of this rule-
(a) no scaffold, including any boatswain’s chair, cage,
skip or similar plant or equipment; and
(b) no plant or equipment used for the purposes of any
of the foregoing shall be used unless, in addition to
satisfying the requirements of Part XI-
(i) it has been inspected by the safety supervisor
before being put into use and, in any case,
within the immediately preceding seven
days;
(ii) it has been inspected by the safety supervisor
since exposure to weather conditions likely
to have affected its strength and stability or
to have displaced any part;
(iii) a report has been made of the result of every
such inspection in the form set out in the
First Schedule containing the particulars
specified therein and signed by the
inspector making the inspection:
(2) Sub-paragraph (a) shall not apply in the case of a
scaffold from no part of which has been erected for more than
seven days.
(3) Subparagraph (c) shall not apply to a ladder
scaffold, a trestle scaffold or a scaffold which a person may fall
in a distance of more than 2.0m.
(4) In the case of a site where the employer for whom
the inspection was carried out has reasonable ground for
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believing that the operation or works will be completed in a
period of less than thirty days, the provisions of this rule
requiring that a report shall have been made and signed, shall
be deemed to have been satisfied-
(a) if the person in charge of the operations or works
carried on by that employer at that site has himself
carried out the inspection and is a competent person;
(b) if, within one week of the date of the inspection the
person reports to his employer in writing that the
scaffold, boatswain’s chair, cage skip or similar
plant and equipment, used for the purpose of any of
the foregoing, was inspected by him and that he
found it in good order or observed certain defects;
and
(c) the date of the inspection and the results thereof,
together with the name of the person making the
inspection are entered by the employer in the
prescribed form, together with the relevant
particulars.
Scaffold used
by workmen of
different
employers
64. Where a scaffold or part of a scaffold is to be used
by or on behalf of an employer other than the employer for
whose workmen it was first erected, the employer or his safety
supervisor shall; before the use, and without prejudice to any
other obligations imposed upon him by these Rules, take
express steps to satisfy himself that-
(a) the scaffold or part thereof is stable;
(b) the material used in its construction are sound; and
(c) the safeguards required by these Rules are in
position.
Construction of
working 65.-(l) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) every
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platforms,
gangways and
runs
working platform, gangway, and run from any part of which a
person may fall from a distance of more than 2.0m shall be
closely boarded, planked or plated.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to-
(a) a platform, gangway or run consisting of open metal
work having interstices which does not exceed 4,000
square millimeters in area, if there is no risk of
persons below any such platform, gangway, or run
being struck by materials or articles falling through
the platform, gangway or run; or
(b) a platform, gangway or run, the boards, planks or
plates of which are so secured as to prevent their
moving and so placed that the space between
adjacent boards, planks or plates does not exceed
25mm, if there is no risk of the persons below any
such platform, gangway or run being struck by
materials or articles falling through the platform.
(3) A gangway or run, shall not be used to the slope of
which exceeds one vertical to one and a half horizontal.
(4) Where the slope of a gangway or run renders
additional foothold necessary and in every case it the slope is
more than one vertical to four horizontal there shall be provided
proper stepping laths which shall-
(a) be placed at suitable intervals; and
(b) be the full width of the gangway or run, except that
where necessary they may be interrupted over
widths of not more than 100mm to facilitate the
movement of barrows.
Boards and
planks in
working
platform
66. Every board or plank forming part of a working
platform, gangway or run shall be-
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(a) of a thickness which is such as to afford adequate
security having regard to the distance between the
putlogs or other supports;
(b) not less than 200mm wide or, in the case of boards
or planks exceeding 50mm in thickness, not less
than 150 mm wide.
(2) A board or plank which forms part of a working
platform, gangway or run shall not project beyond its end
support to a distance-
(a) exceeding four times the thickness of the board or
plank unless it is effectively secured to prevent
tipping; or
(b) which, having regard to the thickness and strength of
the board or plank, renders the projecting part unsafe
support for any weight that may be placed upon it.
(3) Suitable measures shall be taken either by the
provision of adequate bevelled pieces or otherwise to reduce to
a minimum the risk of tripping and to facilitate the movement
of barrows where boards or planks which form part of a
working platform, gangway or run-
(a) overlap each other;
(b) are not of reasonably uniform thickness where they
meet each other; or
(c) owing to warping or for some other reason do not
provide a reasonably even surface.
(4) The provisions of paragraph (3) shall not apply to a
working platform, gangway or run one side of which is
contiguous to a curved surface of a cylindrical or spherical
structure forming part of a work of engineering construction.
(5) Every board or plank which forms part of a working
platform, gangway or run shall-
(a) rest securely and evenly on its supports; and
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(b) need at least three supports unless, taking into
account the distance between the supports and the
thickness of the board or plank undue or unequal
sagging can be prevented.
(6) Where work has to be done at the end of a wall or
working face the working platform at that wall or face shall,
wherever practicable, extend at least 600mm beyond the end of
the wall or face.
Width of
working
platform
67.-(l) Subject to paragraph (2) and (4) of this rule,
every working platform (other than working platforms of
suspended scaffolds and working platforms referred to in rule
58(7) (c) and 66), from which a person is liable to fall a
distance of more than 2.0m, shall-
(a) if used as footing only and not for the deposit of
material, be at least 600mm wide;
(b) if used for the deposit of material, be at least 800mm
wide and have a clear passage way between one side
of the working platform and the deposited material
adequate in width for the passage of persons being a
passage way which is in any case at least 430mm
wide;
(c) if used for the passage of materials, afford a clear
passage of not less than 600mm wide which is
adequate in width for the passage of the materials
without removal of the guardrails and toe boards;
(d) if used for the support of any higher platform be at
least 1.05 m wide;
(e) if used to dress or roughly shape stone be at least
1.3m wide;
(f) if used for the support of any higher platform and is
one upon which stone is dressed or roughly shaped,
be at least 1.5m wide; and
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(g) in every case be of sufficient width to afford
adequate working space at every part.
(2) Subject to paragraph (4) of this rule, the following
platforms to which this rule applies shall not be less than
430mm wide, being-
(a) a platform -
(i) of a ladder scaffold;
(ii) supported directly by folding trestles or
folding step-ladders;
(iii) supported or suspended from roof members
or the roof under a roof and used for work on
or in the vicinity of the roof on which the
work is light and of short duration in any one
position and the provisions of paragraph (1)
(a) and (b) can be dispensed with safety; and
(b) a platform which is used for work in connection
with cylindrical or spherical metal structures.
(3) Where work at the face of a building or other
structure is done from a working platform to which this rule
applies the space between the face and the working platform
shall be as small as practicable, so however, that where
workmen sit at the edge of the platform to work, there may be a
space not exceeding 300mm.
(4) The provisions of paragraph (1) and (2) as to width
shall not apply to a working platform to which this rule applies
where it is impracticable by reason of limitation of space to
provide a platform of the width requited by those paragraphs,
but the platform shall in any case be as wide as is reasonably
practicable.
Width of
gangways and
runs
68.-(1) Subject to paragraph (2) every gangway and a
run from any part of which a person is liable to fall a distance
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of more than 2.0m shall-
(a) if used for the passage of persons only, be at least
430mm wide;
(b) if used for the passage of materials, be adequate in
width for passage of materials and in any case be not
less than 600mm wide.
(2) The provisions of paragraph shall not apply to
gangway or run where it is impracticable by reason of
limitations of space to provide a gangway or run of the width
required by those provisions, but the gangway or run shall in
any case be as wide as is reasonably practicable.
Guardrails and
toe boards at
working
platforms and
places
69.-(1) Every side of a working platform or working
place being a side from which a person is liable to fall a
distance of more than 2.0m, shall, subject to paragraphs (4) to
(7) and except provided in paragraph (8) be provided-
(a) with a suitable guardrail of adequate to a between
910mm and l.15m above the platform or working
place and above any raised standing place in the
platform or working place; and
(b) with toe boards, or other barriers up to a sufficient
height which shall in no case be less than 150mm
unless provision thereof is impracticable on account
of the nature of the work.
(2) A guardrail, toe board, or barrier provided under the
provisions of this rule shall be so placed as to prevent so far as
possible the fal1 of persons, materials or articles from a
working platform or working place.
(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of rule 52, the
outward movement of guardrails and toe boards or barriers
shall, unless they are so designed and used as to prevent that
movement, be prevented placing them on the inside of an
upright or by other equally effective means.
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(4) Where guardrails are required to be provided, the
distance between any toe board or other barrier and the lowest
guardrail above it, shall not exceed 700mm.
(5) Guardrail, toe boards and barriers required by
paragraph (1) may be removed or remain un-erected for the
time and to the extent necessary for-
(a) the access of persons; or
(b) the movement of materials; or
(c) for other purposes incidental to the work,
but guardrails, toe boards and barriers removed or remaining
un-erected for any of these purposes shall be replaced or
erected as soon as practicable.
(6) On the side of a suspended scaffold next to the wall
or working face-
(a) the guardrails required by this rule, need not
extended to a height of more than 700mm above the
platform if the work is impracticable with a
guardrail at a greater height; and
(b) the guardrails and toe boards or other barriers shall
not be required if the workers sit at the edge of the
platform to work and ropes or chains affording the
workers a safe and secure handhold, are provided.
(7) None of the requirement of paragraph (1), (2) and
(3) shall apply to-
(a) the platform of a ladder scaffold if a secure
handhold is provided a the full length of the
platform;
(b) the platform of a trestle scaffold when the platform
is supported on trestles, split heads or similar
devices or folding step-ladders;
(c) a platform which is used only in the course of
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erecting any framework or prefabricated unit
forming part of a building or other permanent
structure for the purpose of joining part of a building
or other permanent structure for the purpose of
joining, bolting-up, reverting or welding work and
which is for such a short period as to make the
provision of guardrails and toe boards or barriers
unreasonable if-
(i) the platform is at least 800mm wide;
(ii) there is adequate handhold; and
(iii) the platform is not used for the deposit of
materials or articles otherwise than in boxes
or receptacles suitable to prevent the fall of
the materials or articles from the platform;
(d) a temporary platform passing between two adjacent
glazing bars of a roof with a sloping surface if those
bars or the roof framework afford secure handhold
along the full length of the platform but toe-boards
or barriers shall be provided in accordance with
paragraph (1), (2) and (3), unless the provision of
toe-boards or barriers is impracticable on account of
the nature or circumstance of the work;
(e) a platform under a roof being a platform which is
supported by, or suspended from, roof members or
the roof and which is used only for work on or in the
vicinity of the roof and of a light nature and of such
short duration as to make the provision of guardrails
and toe-boards or barriers unreasonable if-
(i) there is adequate handhold at every working
position; and
(ii) the material required for the work is such
that the platform can be used with safety
(f) a working platform or working place one side of
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which is continuous to the concave surface of a
cylindrical or spherical structure so long as steps are
being taken to prevent persons working thereon
from failing a distance of more than 2.0m
(8) Except as provided in rule 77, the provisions of this
rule shall not apply to working platforms and working places
being working platforms and working places to which that ru1e
applies.
Guardrails etc,
for gangways
60,runs and
stairs
70.-(1) Except for the time and to the extent necessary
for the access of persons or the movement of materials, stairs
shall be provided throughout their length with handrails or other
efficient means to prevent-
(a) the fall of persons; and
(b) where necessary, to prevent danger to any person,
the handrails or other means shall be continued
beyond the end of the stairs.
(2) Every side of any gangway, run or stairs from which
a person is liable to fall a distance of more than 2.0m shall be
provided-
(a) with a suitable guardrail or guardrails of adequate
strength to a height of between 910mm and 1.15m
above the gangway, run or stairs; and
(b) except in the case of stairs, and subject to paragraph
(3), with toe-boards or other barriers up to a
sufficient height which shall in no case be less than
150mm and which shall be so placed as to prevent,
as far as possible, the fall of persons, materials and
articles; and the space between any such toe-boards
or barriers and the lowest guardrail above it, shall
not exceed 700mm.
(3) The provision of paragraph (2) shall not apply to a
temporary gangway which is used only in the course of erecting
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framework forming part of a building or of other permanent
structure designed for work of such short duration as to make
the provision of a gangway with guardrails and toe-boards or
other barriers, unreasonable.
(4) Guardrails, toe-boards and barriers required by
paragraph (2) may be removed or remain un-erected for the
time and to the extent necessary-
(a) for the access of persons; or
(b) the movement of material; or
(c) other purposes of the work,
but guardrails, toe-boards and barriers removed or remaining
un-erected for any of these purposes shall be replaced or
erected as soon as practicable.
Platforms,
gangways, runs
and stairs, etc
to afford safe
foothold
71.-(1) If a platform, gangway, run or stair becomes
slippery, appropriate steps shall as soon as reasonably
practicable, be taken by way of cleaning or some other means
to remedy the dangerous condition.
(2) Every platform, gangway, run or stair shall be kept
free from unnecessary obstruction and material and free from
rubbish and projecting nails.
Construction
and
maintenance of
ladders and
folding step
ladders
72.-(1) Every ladder and folding step-ladder shall be of
good construction, of suitable and sound material, and of
adequate strength for the purpose of which it is used and shall
be properly maintained.
(2) A contractor shall not use a ladder in which a rung is
missing or is defective.
(3) Every rung of a ladder shall be properly fixed to the
stiles or sides. (4) No ladder shall be used in which any rung
depends far its support solely on nails, spikes or other similar
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fixing.
(5) Where in the case of a wooden ladder the tenon
joints are not secured by wedges, reinforcing ties shall be used.
(6) Wooden stiles or sides and wooden rungs of ladders
shall have all the grain running lengthwise.
(7) The requirements of paragraph (3), (4), (5) and (6)
of this rule shall not apply to ladders for which rule 66 applies.
Use of ladders
and folding
stepladders
73.-(l) The requirements of this rule shall apply to
folding step-ladders being ladders and folding step-ladders
which afford a means of access, egress, communication or
support to a person or persons employed, but not to any ladder
lying upon a roof or to a crawling board of crawling ladder.
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3), no ladder
standing on a base shall be used unless-
(a) it is securely fixed near to its upper resting place, or
in the case of a vertical ladder, near to its upper end,
and where the fixing is impracticable the ladder
shall be securely fixed at or near to its lower end;
(b) a person is stationed at the foot of the when it is in
use and is holding it to prevent it from slipping
where it is impracticable to fix it in accordance with
sub-paragraph (a);
(c) it has a level and firm footing and is not standing on
loose bricks or other loose packing;
(d) it is secured where necessary to prevent undue
swaying or sagging; and
(e) it is equally and properly supported on each stile or
side
(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply to a ladder which is not
more than 3.0m in length and which is not used as a means of
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communication, if the ladder is securely placed so as to prevent
it from slipping or falling.
(4) No ladder shall be used unless-
(a) it extends to a height of at least 1.0m above the
place of landing or the highest rung to be reached by
the feet of any person using the ladder, as the case
may be, or, if this is impracticable, to the greatest
practicable height; or
(b) there is other adequate handhold; and
(c) there is sufficient space at each rung to provide
adequate foothold.
(5) Every ladder, other than a ladder to which paragraph
(2) applies, shall, before being used be-
(a) securely suspended;
(b) secured where necessary to prevent undue swinging
or swaying; and
(c) equally and properly suspended by each stile or side.
(6) No folding step-ladder shall be used unless it has a
level and firm footing or while it is standing on loose bricks or
other loose packing
(7) No ladder or run of ladders rising a vertical distance
of over 9.0m shall be used unless it is, if practicable, provided
with an intermediate landing place or intermediate landing
places so that the vertical distance between any two successive
landing places shall not exceed 9.0m.
(8) Every landing place shall be of adequate dimensions
and, if person is liable to fall there from a distance of more than
2.0m, shall, be provided with-
(a) sufficient and suitable guardrails to a height of
between 910mm and 1.15m above the landing place;
and
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(b) toe-boards or other barriers up to a sufficient height
which shall in no case be less than 150mm,
so placed as to prevent as far as possible the fall of person,
materials and articles and so that the space between any toe-
board or other burrier and the lowest guardrail above it shall not
exceed 700mm.
(9) Where any ladder passes through an opening in the
floor of landing place, the opening shall be as small as is
reasonably practicable.
Openings,
corners, breaks,
edges and open
joists
74.-(1) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this rule, shall apply to
every opening, corner, break or edge-
(a) in or of roof, other than a roof to which rule 77
applies, floor, wall or other similar part of a building
or of any other structure whether the floor, roof, wall
or other similar part is complete or only partly
complete or is in course of construction,
maintenance, repair or demolition;
(b) in or of a working platform gangway or run, being
an opening, corner, break or edge which a person is
liable to pass.
(2) Subject to rule 77 in the case of an opening, corner,
break or edge through or from which a person is liable to fall a
distance of more than 2.0m or to fall into any liquid or material
so as to involve risk of drowning or serious injury, there shall
be provided either-
(a) suitable guardrail or guardrails of adequate strength
to height of between 910mm and l.15m above the s
across which persons are liable to pass; and toe-
boards or other barriers up to a sufficient height
which shall in no case be less than 150mm and so
placed as to prevent as far as possible the fall of per
materials and articles with the pace between a toe
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board or other barrier and the lowest guardrail above
it not exceeding 700mm; or
(b) a covering so constructed as to prevent the fall of
person, materials and articles, which covering shall
be clearly and boldly marked to show its purpose
and be securely fixed in position.
(3) Subject to rule 77, in the case of an opening, corner,
break or edge, not being an opening, corner, break or edge to
which paragraph (2) applies through or from which materials or
articles are liable to fall so as to endanger persons employed,
suitable precautions by way of the erection of toe-boards,
secure covering or otherwise shall be taken to prevent materials
and articles so falling.
(4) Subject to ru1e 69, when work is done on or
immediately above an open joisting through which a person is
liable to fall a distance of more than 2.0m, the joisting shall be
securely covered by boards or other temporary covering to the
extent necessary to afford safe access to or foothold for the
work, or other effective measures shall be taken to prevent
persons from falling.
Exceptions to
rule 55 75.-(1) Guardrails, toe-boards, and covering required by
rule 74 may be removed or remain un-erected-
(a) where and when this is necessary in order to proceed
with any permanent filling in, covering or enclosure;
or
(b) for the time necessary for the access of persons or
the movement of materials or other purposes of the
work, but guardrails, toe-boards, barriers and
coverings removed or remaining un-erected for any
of these purposes shall be replaced or erected as
soon as practicable.
(2) The provisions of rule 69 and 74 shall not apply to-
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(a) an opening, corner, break or edge created in the
course of demolition operation to which rule 144
applies; or
(b) an opening corner break or edge created in the
course of any other demolition operation, if in the
course of the last mentioned demolition operation
the opening, corner, break or edge is not left
unattended.
Work on roofs 76.-(1) Roof covering and any other works on a roof
shall be undertaken with necessary precautions to avoid fall of
persons and fall of material.
(2) If there occurs any weather condition that brings
hazards for accidents, particular care shall be taken and, if
needed, the work shall be interrupted.
Sloping roofs 77.-(1) In this rule “sloping roof” means a roof or part
of a roof being a roof or part of a roof having a pitch of more
than ten degrees which covered either wholly or partly and
which-
(a) is in the course of construction, maintenance, repair,
or demolition; or
(b) is used as a means of access to or egress from
building operations or works of engineering
construction on a roof or part of roof
(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (6) and (7) of this
rule, where a sloping roof has-
(a) a pitch of more than thirty degrees; or
(b) a pitch of thirty degrees or less and a surface on or
from which a person is, by reason of the nature or
condition of the surface of weather, liable slip or fall
to such an extent that he is liable to fall from the
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edge of the roof, work thereon or there from shall
only be carried out by workers who are suitable for
that and the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4)
of this rule, shall be complied with.
(3) Where a sloping roof is used as a means of access to
or egress from budding operations or work of engineering
construction on a roof or part of a roof, sufficient and suitable
crawling ladders or crawling boards shall be provided on that
sloping roof.
(4) Where any work is done on or from a sloping roof,
sufficient and crawling ladders or crawling boards shall be
provided on that sloping roof, except where the work is not
extensive either-
(a) a barrier shall be provided at the lower edge of the
sloping too, other than the upper surfaces of a tank
or similar structure or metal construction, of such a
design and so constructed as to prevent a person
falling from that edge; or
(b) the work shall be done from a securely supported
working platform not less than 430mm wide which
complies with the requirements of paragraph (1) and
(5) of rule 39.
(5) Crawling ladders and crawling boards provided in
pursuance of paragraph (3) or (4) of this rule, shall be-
(a) of good construction, suitable and sound material,
adequate strength for the purpose for which they are
used, free from patent defect and properly
maintained;
(b) properly supported; and
(c) securely fixed or anchored to the slopping surface or
over the roof ridge or securely fixed in some other
effective way, so as, in every case, to prevent
slipping.
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(6) Crawling ladders or crawling boards shall not be
required in case of a sloping roof where the handhold and
foothold afforded by the battens or other similar members of
the structure are such that the sloping roof is as safe for every
person thereon as it would be if crawling ladders or crawling
boards were provided.
(7) The requirements of paragraph (4) (a) and (b) of this
rule, shall apply only in the case of a sloping roof from, the
eaves of which a person is liable to fall a distance of more than
2.0m.
(8) Suitable and sufficient means shall be provided to
prevent the fall of materials or articles from a sloping roof.
Working on or
near fragile
materials
78.-(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of rules 74 and
77, no person shall pass across, or work on or from material
which would be liable to fracture if his weight were to be
applied to it and which is so situated if it were to be so
fractured, the person would be liable to fall a distance of more
than 2.0m, unless suitable and sufficient ladders or crawling
ladders or crawling boards or duck boards, which shall in any
case be securely supported and, if necessary, secured so as to
prevent their slipping, or other sufficient means as are
necessary are provided and so used that the weight of any
person passing or working on the material is wholly or mainly
supported by the ladders or boards or other means.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of rule 49 and 52, no
person shall pass or work near material of the kind and situated
as specified in paragraph (1) unless suitable guardrail or
suitable covering or other suitable means to prevent, so far as
reasonably practicable, a person so passing or working from
falling through the material, are provided and used.
(3) Where a person passes across or near, or works on or
near, materials of the kind and situated as specified in
paragraph (1), prominent warning notices shall, except where
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the material consists wholly of glass, be affixed at the
approaches to the place where the material is situated.
(4) References in this rule to “a person’s weight” shall be
construed as references to the aggregate of his own weight and
that of anything he may be, for the time being, supporting by
his own person.
(5) All plant and equipment provided in pursuance of
this rule shall be of good construction, suitable and sound
material, adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used,
free from patent defect and properly maintained.
Loads on
scaffolds 79.-(l) A scaffold shall not be overloaded and so far as
practicable the load thereon shall be evenly distributed,
(2) When material is transferred on or to a scaffold it
shall be moved or deposited without imposing a violent shock
(3) Material shall not be kept upon a scaffold unless the
material is needed for work within a reasonable time.
Prevention on
falls and
provision of
safety nets and
belts
80.-(l) Where, by reason of the special nature or
circumstances of any part of the work or of the access thereto or
the egress there from, it is impracticable to comply with all or
any of the requirements of rules 48, 65 to 61, 74, 77 and 78, so
far as they relate to the falls of persons, the requirements of
those rules shall be complied with.
(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), there
shall, in addition, where practicable, be provided and so erected
and kept in such positions as to be effective to protect persons
carrying on any work or operation or using any access or
egress, suitable safety nets or safety sheets of such a design and
so constructed and installed as to prevent, injury to persons
falling on them.
(3) Safety nets or safety sheets provided under this rule
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may be removed or remain un-erected for the time and to the
extent necessary for the access of persons or the movements of
materials or other purposes of the work, but shall be replaced or
erected as soon as practicable.
(4) Where, by virtue of paragraph (3) of this rule, safety
nets or safety sheets would be required to be provided for the
protection of persons carrying on any part of the work or using
the access thereto or the egress there from, but the work can be
carried on or the access or egress used while making use of
safety belts or other suitable equipment attached continuously
to suitable and securely fixed anchorage safety nets or safety
sheets shall not be required to be provided
(5) Where-
(a) it is impracticable to provide safety nets or safety
sheets as would be required to comply with
paragraph (1) and(2)
(b) it is not practicable to provide all those nets or
sheets by reason of the frequent movement of
materials or other purposes of work; or
(c) the work is of such short duration as to make the
provision of all nets or sheets unreasonable, any
safety nets or safety sheets provided in accordance
with the provisions of this rule shall be provided to
the extent to which it is reasonably practicable to
provide them.
(6) There shall also be provided in those cases
specified under paragraph (5) of this rule-
(a) suitable and sufficient anchorages;
(b) suitable and sufficient belts; or
(c) suitable and sufficient equipment with suitable
fittings,
being of such a design and so constructed as to prevent serious
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injury in the event of a fall to persons using them.
(7) All safety nets, safety sheets, safety belts and other
equipment provided in pursuance of this rule shall be properly
maintained.
(8) No person shall be permitted to work at a height of
more than 2m without the permission of the safety and health
supervisor.
PART X
FALL PROTECTION
Fall protection 81.- (1) A contractor shall cause-
(a) preparation of a fall protection plan by a competent
person; and
(b) the fall protection plan under subparagraph (a) to be
implemented, amended where necessary, and
maintained as required.
(2) The fall protection plan shall include-
(a) a risk assessment of all work carried out from the
elevated position including procedures and methods
used to address all identified risks;
(b) the evaluation of the employees physical and
psychological fitness necessary to work at elevated
positions;
(c) the procedures addressing the inspection, testing and
maintenance of all fall protection equipment.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1)
and (2), the contractor shall ensure that-
(a) all unprotected openings in floors, edges, slabs,
hatchways, and stairways are adequately guarded,
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fenced or barricaded or that similar means are used
to safeguard any person from falling through such
openings;
(b) no person works in an elevated position, unless such
work is performed safely as if working from a
scaffold or ladder;
(c) notices are conspicuously placed at all openings
where the possibility exists that a person might fall
through such openings;
(d) fall prevention and fall arrest equipment is-
(i) of sufficient strength and securely attached
to a structure or plant for the purpose of
safely supporting the equipment and any
person who is liable to fall; and
(ii) suitable and of sufficient strength for the
purpose for which it is being used having
regard to the work being carried out and the
load, including any person, it is intended to
bear.
(e) fall arrest equipment shall only be used where it is
not reasonably to use fall prevention equipment;
(f) in the event of a fall by any person, the fall arrest
equipment or the surrounding environment does not
cause any injury to the person.
(4) Where roof work is being performed on a
construction site, the contractor shall ensure that in addition to
the requirements set out in paragraphs (2) and (3),it is
furthermore indicated in the fall protection plan that-
(a) the roof work has been properly planned;
(b) the roof erectors are competent to carry out the roof
work;
(c) no employee is permitted to work on roofs during
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weather conditions that are hazards to the health and
safety of the employees;
(d) covers to openings which are not of sufficient
strength to withstand any imposed loads are to be
barricaded and have prominent notices placed;
(e) that suitable and sufficient platforms ,coverings or
other similar means of support have been provided;
(f) that suitable and sufficient guard rails or barriers and
toe boards or other similar means of protection to
prevent the fall of any person, material or
equipment.
(5) Every contractor shall, at any site where material
including waste material, scaffold material, tools or other
objects and articles are likely to fall or drop or be thrown, take
proper and adequate steps to prevent any person whether
employed and working at the site or not, from being struck by a
material, tool, object or article falling on or within the close
cartilage and precinct of the site.
(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5)-
(a) any material, including waste material, scaffold
material, toots or other objects and articles shall
where practicable be properly secured and not be
thrown, tipped or shot down from a height where
they are liable to cause damage, harm or injury to
persons or property; and
(b) where proper lowering is not practicable and during
demolition or breaking off, adequate steps shall be
taken to prevent falling or flying debris from
causing damage, harm or injury to persons or
property.
PART XI
LIFTING OPERATIONS
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Lifting
machinery in
workplaces and
in docks etc
82.-(1) Lifting appliances, chains and lifting gears to
which this rule applies shall, as respects the incidental or its
occasional use in, or for the purpose of, building operations or
works of engineering construction be excluded-
(a) from the operations of the rules specified in column
1 of the Second Schedule to the extent respectively
specified in column 2 of that Schedule; and
(b) subject to the exceptions and conditions respectively
specified in column 3 of the Second Schedule.
(2) This ru1e applies to any lifting appliance chain, rope
or lifting gear which-
(a) forms part of the permanent equipment of a
workplace or any other premises to which the safety
provisions in sections 30, 31 and 32 of the Act
apply, and which is used at the workplace or those
premises in raising or lowering for purposes other
than building operations or works of engineering
construction, but is being used for those operations
or works at that workplace or those premises; or
(b) is regularly and ordinarily used in the processes of
loading, unloading, moving or handling goods in, on
or at any dock, wharf or quay in any port or harbour
specified in the First Schedule of the Factories
(Docks) Rules, 1962 but is being used for building
operations or works of engineering constructions in,
on or at a dock, wharf or quay in any port habour as
specified in that Schedule.
Delivery of
loads with
lifting gears
attached
83. Where any article, material or load intended for use
in building operations or works of engineering construction is-
(a) delivered at or adjacent to the site of those
operations or works with a chain, rope or lifting gear
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attached thereto; and
(b) designed for use as a means of raising and lowering
that class of load when removing it from the point of
delivery to a position on the site; and
(c) the chain, rope or gear is free from patent defect,
whether of construction or quality, and is not owned
or hired by a contractor or employer of the workman
who is undertaking those operations or works on the
site,
the requirements of rules 110, 111, 116 and 117 shall not apply
in respect of the use of that chain, rope, or lifting gear for
raising or lowering the load so long as the chain, rope or gear
remains attached to the article, material or load.
Hoists forming
part of
permanent
equipment
84. Rules 84, 91, 118, 120 and 124 shall not apply to a
hoist forming part of the permanent equipment of any structure
or underground shaft and which is regularly and ordinarily used
for the carriage of persons or goods, but no such hoist shall be
used for the purpose of building operations or works of
engineering construction unless the following conditions are
complied with-
(a) the hoist not be used for carrying persons unless a
maximum number of persons to be carried at any
time has been specified by the marker or by an
insurer of the hoist or by a competent firm of lift
engineers carrying out periodic examinations of the
hoist, a greater number is not being carried;
(b) the hoist shall not be so used for carrying materials,
tools or other articles, other than lifting articles
readily carried by a persons who is riding in the
hoist, unless the hoist complies with the
requirements of section 35 of the Act;
(c) on any occasion when the hoist has been used for
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raising or lowering for the purpose of those
operations or works the hoist way gate or lift door at
a landing place shall not be opened except where it
immediately necessary for it to be open to afford
access to the hoist for some other purposes.
Hoists
manufactured
before the
commencement
of these rules
85.-(l) In the case of hoists manufactured before the date
of commencement of these Rules, if it is not practicable to
comply with any requirement of rules 118(2), 118(3), 120 and
124 it shall be sufficient if the hoists has been brought as near
as is practicable into conformity with that requirement and a
certificate that this has been done has been obtained from a
competent person.
(2) In the case of a hoist which was in use at the date of
commencement of these Rules and so long thereafter as it is
continued to be used in building operations and works of
engineering construction, it shall be sufficient if the
requirements of paragraph (1) were complied with within three
years from the date of commencement of these rules.
Construction,
maintenance
and inspections
86.-(1) Every lifting appliance and every part thereof
including all working gear and all other plant or equipment
used for anchoring or fixing the appliance shall-
(a) be of good mechanical construction, sound material,
adequate strength and free from patent defect;
(b) be properly maintained; and
(c) as far as the construction permits, be inspected at
least once in every week by the driver if competent
for the purpose, or other competent person.
(2) A report of the results of every inspection carried out
under the provisions of paragraph (1)(c), signed by the person
carrying out the inspection, shall be made forthwith in the
prescribed form containing the prescribed particulars.
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(3) In the case of a site where the employer whom the
inspection was carried out has reasonable grounds for believing
that the operations or works will be completed in a period of
less than thirty days, the provision in this rule requiring that a
report to be made and signed, in so far as it relates to lifting
appliances not working by mechanical power and all plants or
equipment used for anchoring or fixing such appliances, shall
be deemed to have been satisfied, if the person in charge of the
operations or works carried on by that employer at that site has
himself carried out the inspection and is a competent person.
(4) If, within one week of the date of the inspection
carried out under the provisions of paragraph (1)(c), employer
or the person in charge of the operations or works carried out
reports to his employer in writing that-
(a) the lifting appliance and plant or equipment were
inspected by him; and
(b) he has found the lifting appliance and plant or
equipment in good order, or observed certain
defects.
(5) The date and the results of the inspection, together
with the name of the person making the inspection shall be
entered by the employer in the prescribed form together with
the prescribed particulars.
Support,
anchoring,
fixing and
erecting
87.-(l) Every lifting appliance shall be adequately and
securely supported.
(2) Every part of a stage, scaffold, framework or other
structure and every mast, beam, pole or other article of plant or
equipment supporting a lifting appliance or any part thereof,
having regard to the nature of the lifting appliance, its lifting
and reaching capacity and the circum stances of its use, shall be
of good construction and adequate strength and shall be of
sound material and free from patent defect.
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(3) Every part of the framework of every crab or winch,
including its bearers, shall be of metal.
(4) Any anchoring or fixing arrangements provided in
connection with a lifting appliance shall be adequate and
secure.
(5) Every temporary attachment or connection of a rope,
chain or other plant or equipment, used in the erection or
dismantling of a lifting appliance shall be adequate and secure.
(6) In the case of a crane which is on occasion
dismantled, a jib or boom which is separated from the crane in
dismantling shall be clearly marked so as to indicate the crane
of which it was a part.
Precaution
where lifting
has traveling or
slewing motion
88.-(l) On every stage, gantry or other place where a
lifting appliance having a traveling or slewing motion is in use,
an-unobstructed passageway not less than 600mm wide shall be
maintained between any traveling or moving part of the
appliance and any guard-rails, fencing or other nearby fixture.
(2) Where at any time it is impracticable to maintain a
passage required by paragraph (1) at any place or point, all
reasonable steps shall be taken to prevent the access of any
person to that place or point.
Platforms for
crane drivers
and signalers
89.-(l) Where a platform is provided for the person
driving or operating a crane, or for a signaler, the platform shall
be-
(a) of sufficient area for the persons employed thereof;
(b) close planked or plated; and
(c) provided with safe means of access, and every side
of the platform, being a side thereof from which a
person is liable to fall a distance of more than 2.0m
shall be provided with a suitable guard-rail or guard-
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rails of adequate strength, to a height of at least
1.0m above the platform and above any raised
standing place on the platform, and with toe-boards
up to a sufficient height not less than 200mm and so
placed as to prevent as far as possible the fail of
persons, materials and tools from the platform.
(2) The space between any toe-board and the lowest
guard-rail above it on any platform for the person or persons
driving or operating a crane, or for a signaler, shall not exceed
700mm.
(3) Guard-rails and toe-boards required by this rule may
be removed or remain un-erected only for the time and to the
extent necessary for the access of persons or for the movement
of materials.
Cabin for
drivers 90.-(l) Subject to paragraph (2), (3) and (4), the driver of
a power-driven lifting appliance shall be provided with a
suitable cabin which shall-
(a) afford him adequate protection from the weather;
and
(b) be so constructed as to afford ready access to such
parts of the lifting appliance as are within the cabin
and need periodic inspection or maintenance.
(2) No cabin shall be provided which prevents the driver
from having such clear and unrestricted view as is necessary for
the safe use of the appliance.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the cabin shall, before the
lifting appliance is put into general use, be completely erected,
or other adequate provision be made for the protection of the
driver from the weather.
(4) Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall not apply-
(a) in cases where the driver is indoors or is otherwise
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adequately protected from the weather;
(b) to a hoist other than a hoist operated only from one
position alongside the winch;
(c) to lifting appliances mounted on wheels and having
a maximum safe working load of one ton or less;
(d) to any machine incorporating a lifting appliance
where the primary purpose of that machine is not
that of a lifting appliance; and
(e) to lifting appliances for occasional use or for use for
only short periods.
Drums and
pulleys 91.-(1) Every drum or pulley round which the chain or
wire rope of a lifting appliance is carried shall be of suitable
diameter and construction for the chain or rope used.
(2) Every chain or rope which terminates at the winding
drum of a lifting appliance shall be properly secured thereto and
at least two turns of the chain or rope shall remain in the drum
in every operating position of the appliance.
Brakes,
controls, safety
devices etc
92.-(l) Every crane, crab and winch shall be provided
with an efficient brake or brakes or other safety device which
will prevent the fall of the load when suspended, and by which
the load can be effectively controlled whilst being lowered.
(2) On every lifting appliance, every lever, switch or
other device provided for controlling the operation of any part
of the appliance, being a lever, handle, switch or other device
whose accidental movement or displacement is liable to cause
danger, shall, where practicable, unless it is so placed or the
appliance is so constructed as to prevent accidental movement
or displacement, be provided with a suitable spring or other
locking arrangement to prevent the accidental movement or
displacement.
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(3) In the case of a lifting appliance which was in use in
the works of engineering construction, at the date of
commencement of these Rules and thereafter, it shall be
sufficient if the requirements of paragraph (2) are complied
with within two years from the date of commencement.
(4) Every lever, handle, switch or other device provided
for controlling the operation of any part of a lifting appliance
shall have upon or adjacent to it clear markings to indicate its
purpose and mode of operation.
(5) The provisions of paragraph (4), shall not apply to
rotating handles for raising or lowering the load in the case of a
winch or non-derricking jib crane not operated by mechanical
power.
Safe means of
access 93. Where a person engaged on the examination, repair
or lubrication of a lifting appliance is liable to fall a distance of
more than 2.0m there shall, be provided and maintained-
(a) a safe means of access to and egress from the place
at which the person has to work with,
(b) where necessary, adequate hand holds and
footholds.
Poles or beams
supporting
pulley blocks or
gin wheels
94. No pulley block or gin wheel suspended from or
supported by a pole or beam shall be used for raising or
lowering materials unless it is effectively secured to the pole or
beam and the pole or beam is-
(a) of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is
being used; and
(b) adequately and properly secured so as to support the
pulley block or gin wheel and the load with safety
and so as to prevent undue movement of the pole or
beam.
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Stability of
lifting
appliances
95.-(1) Appropriate precautions shall be taken to ensure
the stability of lifting appliances used on a soft or uneven
surface or on a slope.
(2) No crane shall be used for raising or lowering
unless, it is either securely anchored or adequately weighted by
suitable ballast which shall be properly placed on the crane
structure and sufficiently secured to prevent the ballast being
accidentally displaced.
(3) No part of any rails on which a crane is mounted or
the sleepers supporting those rails shall be used as anchorage
for a crane used for raising or lowering.
(4) The whole of the appliances for the anchorage or
ballasting of a crane shall be examined by a competent person
on each occasion before the crane is erected.
(5) After each erection of a crane on a site and after
each removal of a crane about or to such a site, or any
adjustment to any member of the crane, being a removal or
adjustment which involves changes in the arrangements for
anchoring or ballasting the crane, the security of the anchorage
or the adequacy of the ballasting, as the case may be, shall,
before the crane is taken into use, be tested by a competent
person, by the imposition either-
(a) of a load of twenty-five per cent above the
maximum load to be lifted by the crane as erected at
the positions where there is the maximum pull on
each anchorage; or
(b) of a lesser load arranged to provide an equivalent
test of the anchorage or ballasting arrangement.
(6) A report of, and the result of, every test under
paragraph (5), shall be made forthwith in the prescribed form
and shall contain the prescribed particulars, and signed by the
person who carried out the test.
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(7) If the person making test under paragraph (5)
considers that the maximum load which may safely be lifted by
that crane as erected is less than the safe working load of the
crane, that person shall specify the maximum load among the
particulars to be recorded.
(8) The person making the test under paragraph (5)
shall, after every test, draw a loading diagram appropriate to the
stability of the crane as to the time of the test, taking into
account, in the case of a crane mounted on wheels, the
condition of the track, and indicating a modified safe working
load or loads, which diagram shall be affixed in a position
where it can readily be seen by the crane driver, and any
modified safe working load or loads shall be deemed for the
purpose of these Rules to be the safe working load or loads of
the crane as erected.
(9) Where the stability of a crane is secured by means
of removable weights, a diagram or notice indicating the
position and amount of those weights shall be affixed on the
crane where it can be readily seen.
(10) No crane shall be used or erected under weather
conditions likely to endanger its stability and after exposure to
weather conditions likely to have affected the stability of the
crane, and the anchorage arrangements and ballast shall be
examined by a competent person, as soon as practicable before
the crane is used, and any necessary steps shall be taken to
ensure the stability of the crane.
Rail mounted
cranes 96.-(1) All rails on which a crane moves shall-
(a) be supported on a surface sufficiently firm to
prevent undue movement of the rails;
(b) have an even running surface, be sufficiently and
adequately supported, and be of adequate section;
(c) be joined by fish plates or double chairs;
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(d) be securely fastened to sleepers or bearers;
(e) be laid in straight lines or in curves of such radii that
the crane can be moved freely and without danger of
derailment; and
(f) be provided with adequate stops or buffers on each
rail at each end of the track.
(2) Sub-paragraph (c) and (d) of paragraph (1) shall not
apply in the case of a crane on bridge rails or in the case of any
crane if other adequate steps are taken to ensure the proper
junction of the rails and to prevent any material variation in
their gauge.
(3) All rails and equipment referred to in paragraph (1)
shall be properly maintained.
(4) A crane mounted on rails shall be provide with
effective brake, for the traveling motion, or sprags, scotches or
chocks shall be available and used when necessary.
(5) Where a scotch derrick crane is mounted on more
than one bogie, trolley or wheeled carriage, the crane sleepers
or land ties, and if necessary the bogies, trolley or wheeled
carriages, shall be rigidly braced and properly connected
together, and the rails on which each bogie, trolley or wheeled
carriage moves shall be level, and the crane shall be moved on
the track only in a manner that does not cause instability,
rocking or distortion either of the crane structure or of the
supporting framework.
(6) Every traveling crane on rails shall be provided with
guards to remove from the rails any loose material likely to
cause danger.
Mounting of
cranes 97. Every bogie, trolley or wheeled carriage on which a
crane is mounted shall, having regard to the purpose for which
the crane is to be or is being used, be of good construction,
adequate strength and suitable to support the crane and shall be
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of sound material, free from patent defect and properly
maintained.
Cranes with
derricking jibs 98.-(1) On every crane having a derricking jib operated
through a clutch, there shall be provided and properly
maintained an effective interlocking arrangement between the
derricking clutch and the pawl sustaining the derricking drum to
ensure that the clutch cannot be disengaged unless the pawl is
in effective engagement with the derricking drum, and the pawl
cannot be disengaged unless the clutch is in effective
engagement with the derricking drum.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this rule shall not
apply to a crane in which-
(a) the hoisting drum and the derricking drum are
independently driven; or
(b) the mechanism driving the derricking drum is self-
locking.
Restrictions on
use of cranes 99.-(l) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this rule, and
unless no undue stress is imposed on any part of the crane
structure or mechanism, and the stability of the crane is not
thereby endangered, the hoisting mechanism of a crane shall
only be used for raising or lowering loads vertically and under
the supervision of a competent person.
(2) A crane with a derricking jib shall not be used with
the jib at a radius exceeding the maximum radius required to be
specified for the job in the certificate of test and examination
required by rule 112.
Use of cranes
with timber
structural
member
100. No person shall use a crane which has any timber
structural member.
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prohibited
Erection of
cranes under
supervision
101. No person shall erect a crane except under the
immediate direct supervision of a competent person.
Competent
persons to
operate lifting
appliances and
give signals
102.-(l) No person who-
(a) is not trained and competent; or
(b) is under the age of eighteen years,
shall, except for training purposes and under the direct
supervision of a person qualified for the purpose, drive or
operate a crane or other lifting appliance.
(2) The employer of an operator or driver of a crane or
other lifting appliance shall, before taking the driver or operator
into employment test and ensure the competency of the operator
or driver and issue him with a certificate of competency
endorsed in respect of the crane or lifting appliance to be
operated or driven.
(3) No person under the age of eighteen years shall be
employed, except under the direct supervision of a competent
person for training purposes, either to give signals to the
operator of a lifting appliance driven by mechanical power or to
operate the appliance.
(4) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) of this rule, and
except, where clear and unrestricted view is not necessary for
safe working, there shall be appointed and suitably stationed
throughout the operation, one or more competent persons to
give necessary signals to the operator or driver of a crane or
other lifting appliance who may not have a clear and
unrestricted views of the load and its vicinity or the point of
attachment for a load and its vicinity.
(5) Where and in so far as it is impracticable to comply
with the requirements of paragraph (4), other effective
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measures shall be taken to enable the driver or operator of a
lifting appliance-
(a) to ascertain the position of the load, or point of
attachment for a load, when it is in the vicinity of a
loading or unloading point or of any other place at
which danger is reasonably to be anticipated; or
(b) to ensure the safe movement of the load.
(6) The provisions of paragraphs (4) and (5) of this rule,
shall not apply-
(a) in the case of a hoist of an aerial, cableway, or of an
aerial ropeway; or
(b) in the case other than that of a hoist as respects
places where the appliance can raise or lower the
load, or point of attachment for a load vertically
only, without any horizontal or slewing motion if for
safe working, the driver or operator of the appliance
needs information related to the movement, when it
is at, or in, the immediate vicinity of certain points
only, and effective arrangements are made by means
of a signaling system, position indicators or
otherwise, for providing the driver or operator with
the information necessary for safe working.
(7) There shall be efficient signaling arrangements
between the driver or operator and persons employed at a
loading or unloading point of an aerial cableway or aerial
ropeway.
Signals 103.-(1) Every signal given for the movement or
stopping of a lifting appliance shall be distinctive in character
and such that the person to whom it is given is able to hear or
see easily.
(2) Devices or apparatus used for giving sound, colour
or light signals shall be properly maintained and the means of
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communication shall be adequately protected from accidental
interference.
Testing and
examination of
cranes
104.-(1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this rule, no crane,
crab or winch shall be used unless it has been tested and
thoroughly examined by a competent person within the
previous twelve months.
(2) No pulley block, gin wheel or sheer legs shall be
used in the raising or lowering of a load weighing one ton or
more unless it has been tested and thoroughly examined by a
competent person.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) of this rule, no crane, crab
or winch shall be used after any substantial alteration or repair
affecting its strength or stability until it has been tested and
thoroughly examined by a competent person.
(4) No pulley block, gin wheel or sheer legs shall, after
any substantial alteration or repairs be used in the raising or
lowering of a load weighing one ton or more until it has been
tested and thoroughly examined by a competent person.
(5) Subject to paragraph (4) of this rule, no lifting
appliance shall be used unless it has been thoroughly examined
by a competent person within the previous fourteen months or
after it has undergone substantial alteration or repair.
(6) Nothing in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) and (4) shall
apply to a hoist.
(7) No crane, crab, winch, pulley block or gin wheel
shall be used unless there has been obtained in such form as
may be prescribed as respects the kind of lifting appliance
tested and examined, a certificate of any test and examination
required by paragraphs (1) and (2) signed by the person making
or responsible for the carrying out of the test and examination
and specifying-
(a) the safe working load or loads;
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(b) in the case of a crane with a variable operating
radius, including a crane with a derricking jib, the
radii of the jib, trolley or crab appropriate to the
specified safe working load or loads; and
(c) in the case of a crane with a derricking jib, the
maximum radius at which the jib may be worked.
(8) A report in writing containing the prescribed
particulars of the results of every test or examination required
by paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) signed by the person carrying out
the test or examination, shall be made within twenty-eight days:
Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a test or
examination of which a certificate has been obtained in
accordance with paragraph (5).
(9) The person making the report of any test or
examination required by paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall,
within twenty-eight days of the completion of the test or
examination, send a copy of the report to the Chief Inspector
and to the inspector of a workplace of the area where the test is
carried out.
Marking of safe
load 105.-(l) The safe working load or safe working loads
and means of identification shall be plainly marked-
(a) upon every crane, crab or winch; and
(b) upon each pulley block gin wheel, sheer legs,
derrick pole, derrick mast or aerial cableway used in
the raising or lowering of a load weighing one ton or
more.
(2) Every crane of variable operating radius, including a
crane with a derricking jib, shall-
(a) have plainly marked upon it the safe working load at
various radii of the jib, trolley or crab, and in the
case of a crane with a derricking jib, the maximum
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radius at which the jib may be worked; and
(b) be fitted with an accurate indicator, clearly visible to
the driver showing the radius of the jib, trolley or
crab, at any time and safe, working load
corresponding to that radius.
Indication of
safe working
load
106.-(l) No jib crane having either or fixed or a
derricking jib, other than a mobile crane shall be used unless it
is fitted with-an approved type of automatic safe load indicator
which shall be properly maintained, and the indicator shall be
tested by a competent person other than the crane driver after
erection or installation of the crane for the purpose of any
building operation or work of engineering construction and
before the crane is taken into use.
(2) No mobile crane having either, affixed or derricking
shall be used unless it is fitted with an approved type of
automatic safe load indicator which shall be properly
maintained, and every such indicator shall be tested by a
competent person before the crane is taken into use-
(a) on each occasion after it has been wholly or partly
dismantled; and
(b) after each erection, alteration or removal of the
crane for the purpose of any building operations or
works of engineering construction, being an
erection, alteration or removal likely to have
affected the proper operation of the indicator.
(3) The indicator shall be inspected in any case at
intervals not exceeding one week, when the crane is in use, by
the person carrying out the inspection required under rule 86
and the result of these inspections shall be reported in the
manner specified in paragraph (2) of that rule.
(4) A report of the results of every test required by this
rule, signed by the person carrying out the test, shall be made
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forthwith in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed
particulars.
(5) This rule shall not apply-
(a) to a guy derrick crane, being a crane of which the
mast is held upright solely by means of ropes with
the necessary fittings and tightening screws;
(b) to a hand crane which is being used solely for
erecting or dismantling another crane; or
(c) to a crane having a maximum safe working load of
one ton or less; or
(d) until the expiration of two years after the date of
commencement of these Rules, to any excavator
adapted for use as a crane.
Load not to
exceed safe
working load
107. Except for the purposes of making tests, when the
safe working load has been exceeded, no crane, crab, winch,
pulley blocks, gin wheels, sheer legs, derrick poles and derrick
masts shall be loaded beyond the safe working load.
Precaution on
raising or
lowering loads
108.-(l) Where there is lifted on a crane, crab, winch,
other than a piling winch, sheer legs or aerial cableway a load
which is equal to, or slightly less than, the relevant safe
working load which is not already sustained wholly by the
appliance, the lifting shall be halted after the load has been
raised a short distance and before the operation is proceeded
with.
(2) Where more than one lifting appliance is required to
raise or lower one load-
(a) the plant or equipment used shall be so arranged and
fixed that no such lifting appliance shall at any time
be loaded beyond its safe working load or be
rendered unstable in the raising or lowering of the
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load; and
(b) a competent person shall be specially appointed to
supervise the operation.
Scotch and guy
derrick cranes 109.-(l) The jib of a scotch derrick crane shall not be
erected between the back stays of the crane.
(2) No load which lies in the angle between the back
stays of a scotch derrick crane shall be moved by that crane.
(3) Appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent the
foot of the king post of a scotch derrick crane from being lifted
out of its socket or support whilst in use.
(4) Where the guy of a guy derrick crane cannot be
fixed at approximately equal inclinations to the mast and so that
the angle between adjacent pairs of guys are approximately
equal, such other measures shall be taken as will ensure the
stability of the crane.
Construction,
testing,
examination
and safe
working loads
110.-(l) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of
this rule, no chain, rope or lifting gear shall be used in raising or
lowering or as a means of suspension unless-
(a) it is of good construction, sound material, adequate
strength, suitable quality, and free from patent
defect;
(b) the wire rope has been used before the
commencement of these Rules; or
(c) a fibre rope or fibre sling has been tested and
examined by a competent person, and these have
been obtained in such form as may be prescribed a
certificate-
(i) if that test and examination specifying the
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safe working load and signed by the person
making or responsible for the carrying out of
the test and examination; and
(ii) marked in plain legible figures and letters
with the safe working load and means of
identification.
(2) A rope or rope sling need not be marked with the
safe working load if-
(a) its safe working load is contained in the report
required by rule 96; and if the rope or sling is so
marked as to enable its safe working load to be
ascertained from that report; or
(b) in the case of a wire rope used before the
commencement of these Rules; or
(c) a fibre rope or fibre sling its safe working load can
be ascertained from a table of safe working loads
posted at a prominent position on the site of the
operations or works;
(3) In the case of a rope or rope sling which is not
required to have been tested and which is not marked with the
safe working load, the safe working load required to be entered
in the report or required to be shown by the table, shall be
deemed for the purpose of these Rules be the safe working load
of the rope or rope sling.
(4) No wire rope shall be used in raising, lowering or as
a means suspension if in any length of ten diameters the total
number of visible broken wires exceeds five percent of the total
number of wires in the rope.
(5) No chain, rope or lifting gear shall be loaded beyond
its safe working load except for the purpose of making tests and
then only to such extent as a competent person appointed to
carry out the tests may authorize.
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Testing of
chins, rings etc
,altered or
repaired by
welding
111.-(1) No chain, ring, link, hook, plate clamp,
shackle, swivel or eye-bolt which has been lengthened, altered
or repaired by welding shall be used in raising or lowering or as
a means of suspension unless, since the lengthening, alteration
or repair, has been tested and thoroughly examined by a
competent person and there has been obtained in the prescribed
form, a certificate of that test and thorough examination, signed
by the competent person or by the person responsible for the
carrying out of the test and thorough examination and
specifying the safe working load.
(2) The requirements of paragraph (1) of this rule as to
the testing and certification shall not apply to a chain attached
to the bucket of either drag-line or an excavator
Hooks
112. Every hook used for raising or lowering or as a
means of suspension shall either be provided with an efficient
device to prevent the displacement of the sling or load from the
hook, or be of such shape as to reduce as far as possible the risk
of any displacement.
slings 113.-(l) Every sling used for raising or lowering on a
lifting appliance shall be securely attached to the appliance, and
the method of attachment shall not be a method likely to result
in damage to any part of the sling or to any lifting gear
supporting it.
(2) No double or multiple sling shall be used for raising
or lowering if-
(a) the upper ends of the sling legs, are not connected
by the means of a shackle, ring or link of adequate
strength; or
(b) the safe working load of any sling leg is exceeded as
a result of angle between the sling legs.
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Edges of load
not to come
into contact
with sling etc
114. Adequate steps shall be taken by the use of
suitable packing or otherwise to prevent the edges of the load
being raised or lowered from coming into contact with any
sling, rope or chain, where this would cause danger.
Knotted chains 115.-(l) A load shall not be raised, lowered or
suspended on a chain or wire rope which has a knot tied in any
part of the chain or rope under direct tension.
(2) No chain which is shortened or joined to another
chain by means of bolts and nuts inserted through the links shall
be used for raising, lowering or suspending any load.
Examination of
chain ropes
and lifting gear
116.-(l) No chain, rope or lifting gear shall be used for
raising lowering or as a means of suspension unless it has been
thoroughly examined by a competent person at least once
within the previous six months, but chains, ropes and lifting
gear not in regular use need only be examined when necessary.
(2) A report, in writing, containing the prescribed
particulars of the results of every examination carried out under
this rule signed by the person carrying out the examination,
shall be made immediately after the examination is carried out.
Annealing of
chain and
lifting gear
117.-(1) A chain or lifting gear, other than a rope, sling
or lifting gear of a class description specified in the Third
Schedule, or exempted by certificate of Chief Inspector upon
the grounds that it is made of a material or is so constructed that
it cannot be subjected to heat treatment without risk of damage,
shall not be used in raising or lowering or as a means of
suspension unless-
(a) it has been effectively annealed or subjected to some
appropriate form of heat treatment under the
supervision of a competent person within the
previous twelve months or, in the case of chains or
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slings of 13mm bar or smaller material, within the
previous six months; and
(b) a report has been made in writing containing the
prescribed particulars of every annealing or
appropriate heat treatment signed by the competent
person under whose supervision the annealing or
heat treatment was carried out.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), chains or lifting
gear not in regular use or used solely on lifting appliances
worked by hand may be annealed or subjected to the
appropriate heat treatment only when necessary.
Safety hoist
ways, platforms
and cages
118.-(1) The hoist-way of every hoist shall at all points
at which access to the hoist-way is provided or at which persons
are liable to be struck by any moving part of the hoist, be
efficiently protected by a substantial enclosure, and enclosures
shall where access to the hoist is needed, be fitted with gates.
(2) An enclosure or gate provided under the provision of
this shall, where practicable, extend to a height of at least 2.0m,
except where a lesser height is sufficient to prevent a person
falling down the hoist-way and there is no risk of a person
coming into contact with any moving part of the hoist, but shall
in no case be less than 1.0m.
(3) Gates fitted under the provisions of this rule shall be
kept closed except at a landing place where the platform or cage
is at rest and it is for the time being necessary for the gate to be
open for the purposes of loading or unloading goods, plant or
materials, or to allow persons to enter or leave the cage.
(4) Without prejudice to the obligation of every
contractor and employer or workers, under these Rules, it shall
be the duty of every person, immediately after using a gateway
to see that the gate is closed, unless it is for the time being
necessary as explained in paragraph(3) for the gate to be open.
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(5) A hoist shall, where practicable, be provided with
properly maintained efficient devices which will, support the
platform or cage, together with its safe working load if the
hoist, rope or ropes of any part of the hoisting gear fail.
(6) A hoist shall be provided with properly maintained
efficient automatic devices which will ensure that the platform
or cage does not overrun the highest point to which it is for the
time being constructed to travel.
Operations of
hoists 119.-(l) The construction and installation arrangements
of every hoist shall, where practicable, be such that it can
operated at any one time only from one position and a hoist
shall not be, operated from the cage unless the requirements of
rule 107 are complied with.
(2) Except where a clear and unrestricted view is not
necessary for safe working, effective arrangements shall be
made for signals for operating the hoist to be given to the
operator of a hoist from each landing place at which the hoist is
used and to enable him to stop the platform or cage of the hoist
at the appropriate level if he does not have a clear and
unrestricted view of the platform or cage throughout its travel.
Winches 120. Where a hoist is operated by means of a winch, the
winch shall be so constructed that the brake is applied when the
control lever or switch is not held in the operating position and
the winch shall not be a winch fitted with a pawl and ratchet
gear on which the pawl has to be disengaged before the
platform or cage can be towered.
Safe working
load and
marking of
hoists
121.-(l) The safe working load shall be plainly marked
on every hoist, platform or cage and no load greater than that
load shall be carried, except that for the purpose of carrying out
a test the safe working load may be exceeded, by such amount
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as a competent person appointed to carry out the test, may
authorize.
(2) Where a hoist is used for carrying persons the
maximum number of persons to be carried at any one time shall
also be so marked, and a greater number of persons shall not be
carried.
(3) There shall be a readily legible notice on the
platform or cage stating that the carriage of persons is
prohibited if the platform or cage is for carriage of goods and
materials only.
Tests and
examination of
hoists
122.-(l) No hoist shall be used unless-
(a) in the ease of a hoist manufacturing or substantially
altered or substantially repaired after the date of
commencement of these Rules, it has, since
manufacture, alteration or repair, tested and
thoroughly examined by a competent person, and
there has been obtained, in such form , a certificate
of such test and examination, signed by the person
making or responsible for the carrying out of the test
and examination and specifying the safe working
load of the hoist and in the case of a hoist used for
carrying persons the minimum number of persons to
be carried at one time;
(b) in the case of use for carrying persons, it has, since it
was last erected or the height of travel of the cage
was last altered, whichever is the later, been tested
and thoroughly examined by a competent person and
a report of the results of such test and examination
signed by the person making or responsible for the
carrying out of the test and examination, has been
made in the prescribed form and containing the
prescribed particulars; and
(c) it has been thoroughly examined by a competent
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person at least once within the previous six months.
(2) A report, in writing, containing the prescribed
particulars of the results of every examination required by
paragraph (1) (c) signed by the person making it, or responsible
for the carrying out of the examination, shall be made within
twenty eight days.
(3) The person making the report of a test or
examination required by paragraph (1) shall within twenty-eight
days of the completion of the test or examination send a copy of
the report to the chief inspector and to the inspector of a
workplace of the area where the test is made.
Carrying
persons by
means of lifting
appliances
123.-(l) No person shall be raised, lowered or carried
by a power driven lifting appliance except-
(a) on the driver’s platform in the case of a crane; or
(b) on a hoist; or
(c) on an approved suspended scaffold; or
(d) as permitted by paragraph (2).
(2) A person may be raised, lowered or carried by a
power-driven lifting appliance otherwise than in accordance
with the provisions of paragraph (1) only-
(a) in circumstances where the use of a hoist or of an
approved suspended scaffold is not reasonably
practicable and the requirements of paragraphs (3)
and (4) are complied with; or
(b) on an aerial cableway or aerial ropeway if the
requirements of paragraph (3)(b) to (d) and (4) are
complied with.
(3) The requirements referred to in paragraph (2) are
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that-
(a) the appliance can be operated from one position
only;
(b) any winch used in connection with the appliance
shall comply with the requirements of rule 108;
(c) no person shall be carried except in a suitable chair
or cage, or in a suitable skip or other receptacle at
least 1.0m deep; and
(d) suitable measures shall be taken to prevent the chair,
cage, skip or other receptacle from spinning or
tipping in a manner dangerous to any occupant.
(4) A chair, cage, skip or other receptacle used in
pursuance of this rule shall be-
(a) of good construction, sound material, adequate
strength and properly maintained, and
(b) provided with suitable means to prevent any
occupant falling out and shall not contain material or
tools liable to interfere with his handhold or
foothold or otherwise endanger him.
Hoists carrying
persons 124.-(1) No person shall be carried by a hoist unless it is
provided with a cage which is-
(a) so constructed as to prevent, when the cage gate or
gates are shut, a person carried from falling out or
from being trapped between a part of the cage and
any fixed structure or other moving part of the hoist
or from being struck by articles or materials falling
down the hoistway; and
(b) fitted on each side from which access is provided to
a landing place with a gate which, shall have
efficient interlocking or other devices to secure that
the gate cannot be opened except when the cage is at
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a landing place, and the cage cannot be moved away
from any place until the gate is closed.
(2) Every gate in the hoistway enclosure of a hoist used
for carrying persons shall be fitted with efficient interlocking or
other devices to secure that no gate can be opened except when
the cage is at a landing place, and the cage cannot be moved
away from any place until every gate is closed.
(3) In connection with every hoist used for carrying
persons there shall be provided suitable efficient automatic
devices which will ensure that the cage comes to rest at a point
above the lowest point at which the cage can travel.
Secureness of
load 125.-(l) Every part of a load shall be securely
suspended or supported whilst being raised or lowered and shall
be adequately secured to prevent danger from slipping or
displacement.
(2) Where, by reason of the nature of position of the
operation a load is liable, whilst being moved on a lifting
appliance or lifting gear, to come into contact with any object
so that the object may become displaced, special measures shall
be adopted to prevent the danger.
(3) Every container or receptacle used for raising or
lowering stone, bricks, tiles, slates or other objects shall be so
enclosed, constructed or designed as to prevent the accidental
fail of those objects.
(4) The requirement under paragraph (3) shall not apply
to a grab, shovel, or other similar excavating receptacle if
effective steps are taken to prevent any person being
endangered by a fall of objects there from.
(5) Goods or loose material shall not be placed directly
on a platform of a hoist unless the platform is enclosed or other
effective precautions are taken where necessary to prevent the
fall of any goods or material.
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(6) No truck or wheelbarrow shall be carried on hoist
platform unless it is efficiently scotched or secured on the
platform.
(7) No load truck or wheel barrow shall be carried on
the open platform of a hoist unless the truck or wheelbarrow is
so loaded that no part of the load is liable to fall off.
(8) No load shall be suspended from a lifting appliance
unless a competent person is actually in charge of the appliance.
PART XII
EXCAVATIONS SHAFTS AND TUNNELS
Prevention of
danger 126.-(l) An adequate supply of timber of suitable quality
or other suitable support shall where necessary be provided and
used to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable and as early
as is practicable in the course of the work, danger to any person
employed from, a fall or dislodgement of earth, rock or other
material forming aside at the roof or adjacent to any excavation,
shaft earthwork or tunnel.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this rule shall not
apply-
(a) to any excavation, shaft, or earthwork where, having
regard to the nature and slope of the sides of the
excavation, shaft or earthwork and other
circumstances, no fall or dislodgement of earth or
other material so as to bury or trap a person
employed or as to stripe a person employed from a
height of more than l.2m is liable to occur; or
(b) to persons carrying out inspections or examinations
required by this rule or actually engaged in
timbering or other work for the purpose of making a
place safe, if appropriate precautions are taken to
ensure their safety as far as circumstances permit.
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(3) In the case of tunneling operations on works of
engineering construction, no person shall be held not to have
complied with a requirement of paragraph (2) of this rule by
reason of any matter proved to have been due to physical
conditions over which he had no control and against which it
was not reasonable practicable for him to make provision
Inspection and
examination of
excavations
127.-(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of
rule 126, every part of any excavation, shaft, earthwork or
tunnel where persons are employed shall be inspected by a
competent person at least once on every day during which
persons are employed therein;
(a) the face of every tunnel and the working end of
every trench more than two meters deep and the
base or crown of every shaft shall be inspected by a
competent person at the commencement of every
shift.
(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of rule
126, no person shall be employed in any excavation, shaft,
earthwork or tunnel unless a thorough examination has been
carried out by a competent person-
(a) of those parts thereof, and in particular any
timbering or other support, in the region of the blast
since explosives have been used in or near the
excavation, shaft, earthwork or tunnel in a manner
likely to have affected the strength or stability of
that timbering or other support or any part thereof;
(b) of those parts thereof in the region of any timbering
or other support or an part thereof that has been
substantially damaged and in the region of any
unexpected fall of rock or earth or other material;
and
(c) of every part thereof within the immediately
preceding seven days.
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(3) The provisions of subparagraph (c) of paragraph (2)
shall not apply to timbering or other support which has not been
erected or installed for more than seven days.
(4) A report of the results of every thorough
examination required by paragraph (2) of this rule, signed by
the person carrying out the examination, shall be made on the
day of the examination in the prescribed form and containing
the prescribed particulars.
(5) In the case of a site where the employer for whom a
thorough examination was carried out, has reasonable grounds
for believing that the operations or works will be completed in a
period of less than thirty days, the provisions of paragraph (4)
of this rule shall be deemed to have been satisfied if the person
in charge of the operations or works carried on by that
employer at such a site-
(a) has himself carried out the examination and is a
competent person; and
(b) if within one week of the date of the examination the
competent person reports to his employer in writing
the results and the date of such examination,
together with the name of the person making the
examination which are entered by the employer in
the prescribed form.
Supervision
and execution
of timbering
and other work
128.-(l) No timbering or other support for any part of
an excavation, shaft, earthwork or tunnel shall be erected or be
substantially added to, altered or dismantled except under the
direction of a competent person and so far as possible by a
competent workmen possessing adequate experience of such
work.
(2) All materials for any work under paragraph (1) shall
be inspected by a competent person on each occasion before
being taken into use and any material found defective in any
respect shall not be used.
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(3) Timbering or other support, for any part of any
excavation, shaft, earthwork or tunnel shall be of good
construction, sound material, free from patent defect and of
adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used and shall
be properly maintained.
(4) All struts and braces in any excavation, shaft,
earthwork or tunnel shall be properly and adequately secured so
as to prevent their accidental displacement or fall.
Means of
egress in case
of flooding
129. In any excavation, shaft or tunnel where there is
reason to apprehend danger to persons employed therein from
rising water or from an eruption of water or material there shall
be provided, adequate means to enable such persons to reach
positions of safety.
Prevention of
collapse of
structure
130. No excavation, shaft, earthwork, or tunnel which
is likely to reduce, so as to endanger any person employed, the
security or stability of any part of any structure, whether
temporary or permanent, shall be commenced or continued
unless adequate steps are taken before and during the progress
of the work to prevent danger to any person employed from
collapse of the structure or the fall of any part thereof.
fencing of
excavation 131.-(1) Every accessible part of an excavation, shaft,
pit or opening in the ground near to which employed persons
are working and into or down a site of which a person is liable
to fall, a distance of more than two meters shall be provided
with a suitable barrier placed as close as is reasonably
practicable to the edge or shall be securely covered.
(2) Provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any
part of an excavation, shaft pit or opening while, and to the
extent to which-
(a) the absence of such barrier and covering is
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necessary for the access of persons or for the
movement of plant or equipment or materials; or
(b) it has not yet been practicable to erect such barrier
or covering since the formation of that part of the
excavation, shaft, pit or opening.
Safeguarding
edges of
excavation
132.-(l) No material shall be placed or stacked near the
edge of any excavation, shaft, pit, or opening in the ground
likely to endanger any persons employed below.
(2) No load, plant or equipment shall be placed or
moved near the edge of any excavation, shaft, pit or opening in
the ground where it is likely to cause a collapse of the side of
the excavation, shaft, pit or opening and thereby endanger any
person.
Construction
and
maintenance
133. Every cofferdam or caisson and every part thereof
shall be of good construction, suitable and sound material, free
from patent defect and of adequate strength and shall be
properly maintained.
Means of
egress in case
of flooding
134.-(l) In any cofferdam or caisson there shall, so far
as is reasonably practicable, be adequate means for persons to
reach places of safety in the event of an inrush of water.
(2) No person shall be held not to have complied with a
requirement of paragraph (1) of this rule by reason of any
matter proved to have been due to physical conditions over
which he had no control and against which it was not
reasonably practicable for him to make provision.
Supervision of
work and
inspection of
materials
135.-(l) No cofferdam or caisson or part thereof shall be
constructed or be placed in position or be substantially added to
or altered or be dismantled except under immediate supervision
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of a competent person and so far as possible by competent
workmen possessing adequate experience of such work.
(2) All material for the construction or fixing of a
cofferdam or caisson shall be inspected by a competent person
on each occasion before being taken into use for such a purpose
and material found to be unsuitable or defective in any respect
shall not be used.
Inspections and
examinations 136.-(l) Subject to paragraph (2) of this rule, no person
shall be employed in a cofferdam or caisson unless the
cofferdam has been inspected and thoroughly examined at least
once on the same or preceding day by a competent person-
(a) in case explosives have been used in or near the
cofferdam or caisson a manner likely to have
affected the strength or suitability of the cofferdam
or caisson or of any part thereof;
(b) in case the cofferdam or caisson has been
substantially damaged; and
(c) in any case within the immediately preceding seven
days.
(2) Sub-paragraph (c) shall not apply until seven days
have elapsed since the cofferdam or caisson was erected or
placed in its position on the site.
(3) A report of the results of every such examination
signed by the person carrying out the examination shall be
made on the day of the examination in the prescribed form and
containing the prescribed particulars.
(4) This rule shall not apply in relation to persons-
(a) actually engaged in the construction, placing,
repairing, or alteration of the cofferdam or caisson;
or
(b) carrying out inspections or examinations required by
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this rule, if appropriate precautions are taken to
ensure their safety as far as circumstances permit.
Transport by
water 137.-(1) When any person employed is conveyed to or
from any working place by water, proper measures shall be
taken to provide for his safe transport.
(2) Vessels used for this purpose shall be of suitable
construction, properly maintained, and shall be in charge of a
competent person and shall not be overloaded.
Prevention of
drowning 138.-(1) Where, on or adjacent to the site of any
operations or works to which these Rules apply, there is water
into which a person employed is, in the course of his
employment, liable to fall with risk of drowning-
(a) suitable rescue equipment shall be provided and kept
in an efficient state and ready for use; and
(b) measures shall be taken to arrange for the prompt
rescue of any such person in danger of drowning.
(2) Where there is a special risk of a fall from-
(a) the edge of adjacent land; or
(b) a structure adjacent to or above water; or
(c) a floating stage, secure fencing shall be provided
near the edge to prevent such fall, and the fencing
may be removed or remain un erected for the time
and to the extent necessary the access of persons or
the movement of materials.
Road works 139.-(l) Where a roadwork is in progress, the contractor
shall take all reasonably practicable measures to avoid
accidents.
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(2) Workers employed on road construction work shall
be protected from traffic by barricades, signs, lights, watchmen
or other effective means.
(3) Signs and lights should be placed, where-
(a) they can easily be seen by approaching traffic; and
(b) they will not be obscured by splashes from traffic.
(4) Diversions shall be clearly marked, well defined,
adequately lit and completely clear of protrusion and
obstruction.
Explosives 140.-(l) A safety supervisor with adequate knowledge
of the dangers connected with the use of explosives shall
supervise and directly control the storage, handling and use of
explosives.
(2) The safety supervisor shall ensure that when a
charge is fixed, persons employed are in a position of safety
where, as far as can be reasonably anticipated, they will not be
injured by- the explosion or any flying material.
(3) No contractor shall permit or require any person to
use an explosive unless such person has been-
(a) provided with, and uses suitable protective
equipment; and
(b) trained in the operation, use and maintenance of an
explosive powered tool.
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PART XIII
DEMOLITION
Application of
this Part 141. The requirements of this Part shall apply in respect
of the demolition of the whole or any substantial part of a
building or other structure.
Joint operations 142. Where more contractors than one are undertaking
a demolition, they shall, prior to the commencing of the
operation, consult among themselves and with their safety
supervisors appointed under rule 5 to the method by which, and
the time at which, the operation shall be carried out.
Fire and
flooding 143. Before any demolition is commenced and also
during the work, all practicable steps shall be taken to prevent
danger to any person or property-
(a) from risk of fire or explosion through leakage or
accumulation of gas or vapour or otherwise; and
(b) from flooding.
Precaution in
connection with
demolition
144.-(l) In any demolition works, no part of a building
or of any structure shall be overloaded with debris or materials
or persons as to render it unsafe to persons employed.
(2) Immediate supervision and direction of work by the
safety supervisor shall be provided during-
(a) the actual demolition of a building or structure or
any part of a building or of a structure where there is
a reasonably foreseeable risk of collapse in the
course or as a result of the demolition which may be
a danger to any person employed, whether the
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collapse is of the building, the structure, or the part
being demolished, or any other part; and
(b) the cutting of reinforced concrete, steelwork or
ironwork forming part of the building or structure
being demolished.
(3) Before any steelwork or ironwork is cut or released,
precautions shall be taken to avoid danger from any sudden
twist, spring or collapse.
(4) All practicable precautions shall be taken to avoid
the collapse of any framed or partly framed building or
structure when any part of the framing is removed there from.
(5) Except where a person is actually engaged in
erecting or replacing shoring or other safeguards to a building
to be demolished and appropriate precautions are taken to
ensure his safety, precautions shall, where necessary before and
during demolition, be taken to ensure the safety of persons
employed by adequate shoring or other safeguards to prevent,
as far as practicable, the accidental collapse of any part of the
building or structure to be or being demolished, or of any
adjoining building or structure.
PART IX
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
Offences and
penalties 145.-(1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply
with any of the provisions of these Rules, commits an offence
and is liable to a fine of as shown in the occupational safety and
health (general administrative rules), 2012.
(2) In case of a continuous offence under paragraph (1),
that person shall be liable to an additional fine of five
percuntum of the initial fine for each day on which the offence
continues.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
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SCAFFOLD INSPECTIONS
Form of reports of results of inspection under rule 63 of scaffolds, including boatswain’s
chairs, cages, skips and similar plant or equipment (and plant or equipment used for the
purposes thereof).
NAME OR TITLE OF EMPLOYER OR
CONTRACTOR……………………………………………………..………..………….
ADDRESS OF SITE………………………………………………………….………..…
……………………………………………………………………………………….……
WORK COMMENCED
ON(Date)………………………………………………………………
Location and
description of
scaffold, etc, and
other Plant or
equipment
Inspected
Date of inspection Result of
inspection; state
whether in good
order
Signature and name
of person who
made the inspection
(1) (2) (3) (4)
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SECOND SCHEDULE
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EXTENT OF EXCLUSION UNDER RULE 56.
RULE EXTENT OF EXCLUSION EXCEPTIONS AND
CONDITIONS
86 Paragraph (1) (c) -
87 Paragraph (5) -
88 The whole rule -
89 The whole rule except subparagraphs -
90 The whole rule -
92 Paragraphs (2) and (3) -
95 Paragraphs (5) and (7) Save that where the crane is
specially erected for use in the
operations or works to which these
Rules apply, the crane shall before
that use be tested in accordance
with paragraph (5) and a record
shall be kept of the particulars of
tests and paragraph (7) shall then
apply.
96 Paragraph (1) (f) and (4) -
98 The whole rule -
104 The whole rule -
105 Paragraph (2) (b) -
106 The whole rule -
110 Paragraph (1) (c) If these are available to any person
using the chain, rope or gear, means
ascertaining its safe working load.
112 The whole rule -
117 Paragraph (1) (b) -
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THIRD SCHEDULE
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CHAINS AND LIFTING GEAR EXCEPTED UNDER RULE 117
(As to Heat Treatment)
1. Chains made of malleable cast-iron.
2. Pitched chains working “on sprocket or pocketed wheels”.
3. The following when permanently attached to pitched chains, pulley blocks or weighing
machines-rings, links, hooks, shackles and swivels.
4. The following when having screw-threaded parts or ball bearings or other case-hardened parts-
hooks, eye-bolts and swivels.
5. Socket shackles secured to wire ropes by white metal capping.
6. Bordeaux connections.
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FOURTH SCHEDULE
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NOTIFICATION ON BUILDING OPERATIONS/WORKS OF ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTION
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FIFTH SCHEDULE
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GENERAL DUTIES OF CONTRACTORS
(RULE 4)
The contractor to have a general statement of his workplace policy on Occupational safety and
health, the policy shall be revised within a period not exceeding three years and the content of the
workplace policy to have-
(a) policy statement;
(b) policy objectives;
(c) organization;
(d) responsibility;
(e) condition of employment; and
(f) signature of authorization officer.
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SIXTH SCHEDULE
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STABILITY OF LIFTING APPLIANCES
(RULE 95)
Status of the crane after erection/removal/adjustment in anchoring/ballasting.
(a) contractors name and postal address…………………………………….
(b) address or location of the site …………………………………………..
(c) date of inspection………………………………………………………..
(d) fact on the equipment ( stability etc.)……………………………………
(e) other design added after adjustment…………………………………….
(f) maximum load allowed…………………………………………………
Tested by………………………………………(Inspector/Safety Officer)
Qualification……………………………………
Date…………………………………………….
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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
Occupational Safety and Health Authority
Occupational Safety and Health (Building and Construction Industry) Rules, 2013
rule 104
Report of Examination – Cranes, Chains, Ropes
and Lifting Gear
See Legal
Requirement
Overleaf
1. Name of Factory Occupier
2. Address of premises where Crane or other Lifting Appliance is
situated
3. Description of Appliances
4. (i) Identification Mark or Number
(ii) Safe Working Load (Original)
5. Date first taken into use
6. (i) Certificate of Test and Examination rule 104
(ii) Certificate issued by
7.* (i) Date last annealed
(ii) Date last heat treated (if applicable)
8. Date of Examination
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9. Defects found
10. Action taken to remedy such defects
11. Safe Working Load after examination
(Subject to repair, renewals, etc.)
I, hereby declare that am a person approve by the Chief Inspector for the purpose of rule 104,
and that on other lifting appliances described above and this is a true report of
the result of that examination.
Approved Certificate
Signature of approved Inspector
Date
Dar es Salaam, GAUDENTIA M. KABAKA
8th
May, 2015 Minister for Labour and Employment